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Inside an open source software community: empirical analysis on individual and group level

Author(s) -

Wolfgang Maaß

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

alexandria (unisg) (university of st.gallen)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1049/ic:20040267

Subject(s) - collaborative software , computer science , open source software , software , knowledge sharing , knowledge management , software development , software peer review , domain (mathematical analysis) , empirical research , software engineering , world wide web , software construction , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , programming language

An established Open Source Software community (Apache Cocoon) was explored using an online questionnaire about demographic data and individual and group-related factors. Individual factors encompassed forms of contributions, motivation, expertise and knowledge. Role structures, expectations towards other members, trust and collaboration issues were analysed at group level. More than 60% of the developer community completed this questionnaire. Results provide a valuable basis for deeper understanding of knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation processes in distributed work groups

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