@conference {1210,
	title = {Author Entropy: A Metric for Characterization  of Software Authorship Patterns},
	booktitle = {3rd Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2008)},
	year = {2008},
	note = {used flossmole to get sample of SF developers},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {42-47},
	abstract = {We propose the concept of author entropy and describe how file-level entropy measures may be used to understand and characterize authorship patterns within individual files, as well as across an entire project. As a proof of concept, we compute author entropy for 28,955 files from 33 open-source projects. We explore patterns of author entropy, identify techniques for visualizing author entropy, and propose avenues for further study. },
	keywords = {developers, entropy, flossmole, sourceforge},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/entropy2008.pdf},
	author = {Taylor, Quinn C. and Stevenson, James E. and Delorey, Daniel P. and Knutson, Charles D.}
}
