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Open Source; Corporate-Communal Engagement; Tales from the Field
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Eight Observations And 24 Research Questions About Open Source Projects: Illuminating New Realities, Matt Germonprez, Georg J.P. Link, Kevin Lumbard, Sean Goggins
Eight Observations And 24 Research Questions About Open Source Projects: Illuminating New Realities, Matt Germonprez, Georg J.P. Link, Kevin Lumbard, Sean Goggins
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications
The rapid acceleration of corporate engagement with open source projects is drawing out new ways for CSCW researchers to consider the dynamics of these projects. Research must now consider the complex ecosystems within which open source projects are situated, including issues of for-profit motivations, brokering foundations, and corporate collaboration. Localized project considerations cannot reveal broader workings of an open source ecosystem, yet much empirical work is constrained to a local context. In response, we present eight observations from our eight-year engaged field study about the changing nature of open source projects. We ground these observations through 24 research questions that …