Answering the Questions Raised in Part II
Answering the Questions Raised in Part II
This chapter examines both the initiation and growth stages of open-source software (OSS) project development. It systematically reintroduces the hypotheses or research questions concerning the factors that determine OSS project success or abandonment and analyzes most of them using contingency tables built based on the responses to The Survey on Free/Libre and Open-Source Success, conducted in fall 2009. After explaining the contingency tables, the chapter considers the technological, community, and institutional attributes that influence success or abandonment. Technological attributes include software requirements, software design (modularity, granularity, complexity), product utility, competition, and collaborative infrastructure. Community attributes include the attributes and motivations of software developers, leadership, and social capital. The chapter also looks at OSS institutions across all project sizes.
Keywords: open-source software, OSS project success, OSS project abandonment, software requirements, software design, product utility, software developers, leadership, social capital, OSS institutions
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