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Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis

Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis RAJIV KRISHNAMURTHY, VARGHESE JACOB, and SURESH RADHAKRISHNAN, University of Texas at Dallas KUTSAL DOGAN, Ozyegin University The success of the Open Source model of software development depends on the voluntary participation of external developers (the peripheral developers), a group that can have distinct motivations from that of project founders (the core developers). In this study, we examine peripheral developer participation by empirically examining approximately 2,600 open source projects. In particular, we hypothesize that peripheral developer participation is higher when the potential for building reputation by gaining recognition from project stakeholders is higher. We consider recognition by internal stakeholders (such as core developers) and external stakeholders (such as end-users and peers). We find a positive association between peripheral developer participation and the potential of stakeholder recognition after controlling for bug reports, feature requests, and other key factors. Our findings provide important insights for OSS founders and corporate managers for open sourcing or OSS adoption decisions. Categories and Subject Descriptors: K.6.3 [Management of Computing and Information Systems]: Software Management General Terms: Management, Economics Additional Key Words and Phrases: Code ownership, open source software, project management, software metrics ACM Reference Format: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) Association for Computing Machinery

Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis

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Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis RAJIV KRISHNAMURTHY, VARGHESE JACOB, and SURESH RADHAKRISHNAN, University of Texas at Dallas KUTSAL DOGAN, Ozyegin University The success of the Open Source model of software development depends on the voluntary participation of external developers (the peripheral developers), a group that can have distinct motivations from that of project founders (the core developers). In this study, we examine peripheral developer participation by empirically examining approximately 2,600 open source projects. In particular, we hypothesize that peripheral developer participation is higher when the potential for building reputation by gaining recognition from project stakeholders is higher. We consider recognition by internal stakeholders (such as core developers) and external stakeholders (such as end-users and peers). We find a positive association between peripheral developer participation and the potential of stakeholder recognition after controlling for bug reports, feature requests, and other key factors. Our findings provide important insights for OSS founders and corporate managers for open sourcing or OSS adoption decisions. Categories and Subject Descriptors: K.6.3 [Management of Computing and Information Systems]: Software Management General Terms: Management, Economics Additional Key Words and Phrases: Code ownership, open source software, project management, software metrics ACM Reference Format:

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ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Jan 14, 2016

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