Reclassifying success and tragedy in FLOSS projects

Andrea Wiggins; Kevin Crowston

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_23

Reclassifying success and tragedy in FLOSS projects

Andrea Wiggins, Kevin Crowston

School of Information Studies

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a replication of English & Schweik's 2007 paper classifying FLOSS projects according to their stage of growth and indicators of success. We recreated their analysis using a comparable data set from 2006. We also expanded upon the original results by analyzing data from an additional point in time and by applying different criteria for evaluating the rate of new software releases for sustainability of project activity. We discuss the points of convergence and divergence from the original work from these extensions of the classification and their implications for studying FLOSS development using archival data. The paper contributes new analysis of operationalizing success in FLOSS projects, with discussion of implications of the findings.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Open Source Software
Subtitle of host publication	New Horizons - 6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010, Proceedings
Pages	294-307
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_23
State	Published - 2010
Event	6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010 - Notre Dame, IN, United States Duration: May 30 2010 → Jun 2 2010

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	319 AICT
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238

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Other	6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Notre Dame, IN
Period	5/30/10 → 6/2/10

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Information Systems
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems and Management

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Reclassifying success and tragedy in FLOSS projects. / Wiggins, Andrea; Crowston, Kevin.
Open Source Software: New Horizons - 6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010, Proceedings. 2010. p. 294-307 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 319 AICT).

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Wiggins, A & Crowston, K 2010, Reclassifying success and tragedy in FLOSS projects. in Open Source Software: New Horizons - 6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 319 AICT, pp. 294-307, 6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010, Notre Dame, IN, United States, 5/30/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_23

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