@conference {654,
	title = {Levels of Formality in FOSS Communities},
	booktitle = {OSS2007: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation (IFIP 2.13)},
	series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing },
	volume = {234/2007},
	year = {2007},
	month = {2007///},
	pages = {337 - 342},
	publisher = {Springer},
	organization = {Springer},
	chapter = {38},
	abstract = {One of the aspects of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) which may act as a significant deterrent to its adoption, is the method used to collaboratively develop the software and provide support through the use of communities. It is not until this method is examined more closely that its many advantages can be realised. The method can, however, seem very disorganised especially when compared with traditional proprietary development styles. A key difference between these two development approaches lies in the management of projects, and perhaps as a consequence, in the level of formality in the community environment.
This paper presents the results of empirical survey research investigating FOSS community participants{\textquoteright} views on the level of formality in FOSS, and the way in which this affects both development and support provision activities. The paper then concludes by analysing what can be learnt from the participant{\textquoteright}s views.
},
	issn = {978-0-387-72485-0},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_38},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Levels\%20of\%20Formality.pdf},
	author = {Schofield, Andrew and Cooper, Grahame}
}
@conference {703,
	title = {Participation in Free and Open Source Communities: An Empirical Study of Community Members{\textquoteright} Perceptions},
	booktitle = {OSS2006: Open Source Systems (IFIP 2.13)},
	series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {221 - 231},
	publisher = {Springer},
	organization = {Springer},
	abstract = {Although the defining factors of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) are generally seen as the availability and accessibility of the source code, it is what these facilitate that is perhaps of more significance. Source code availability allows the sharing of code, skills, knowledge, and effort, focused on a particular piece of software under development. The result of this is the FOSS community, which although often perceived as a single group, is actually many small groups, each bound by a common interest in a particular piece of software and using the Internet as a communication medium. Although there have been studies focusing on the motivation of FOSS developers to contribute to software, there has been little investigation into the motives, attitudes, and the culture within the communities as a whole. There is much more to most of these communities than software development. Many also have extensive support networks for the use of software, portals for research, and social facilities. This paper describes the results of an investigation into how FOSS community members perceive the communities that they belong to, their reasons for being in the community, and the manner in which they participate.
},
	keywords = {Survey},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34226-5_22},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Participation\%20in\%20free\%20and\%20open\%20source.pdf},
	author = {Schofield, Andrew and Cooper, Grahame}
}
