@article {denBesten2008316, title = {The allocation of collaborative efforts in open-source software}, journal = {Information Economics and Policy}, volume = {20}, number = {4}, year = {2008}, note = {"we have selected a set of 10 large open-source projects" apache, cvs, gaim, gcc, ghostscript, mozilla, netbsd, openssh, postgresql, python "Our data were extracted from logs of development activity generated by software version control systems. For each project in the selection, we extracted CVS development logs" "We notably computed for each file in the sample, and for each month in its history, the number of distinct maintainers that had committed a change during that month, and the number of commits, the blocks of code addition, each file had received during that month." "other variables used in the regressions are proxies for the size, age, and granularity of files; the size of a file is represented as its number of lines of code (LOCs), its age by its creation date (Youth), and its granularity by the number of functions it contains."}, pages = {316 - 322}, abstract = {The article investigates the allocation of collaborative efforts among core developers (maintainers) of open-source software by analyzing on-line development traces (logs) for a set of 10 large projects. Specifically, we investigate whether the division of labor within open-source projects is influenced by characteristics of software code. We suggest that the collaboration among maintainers tends to be influenced by different measures of code complexity. We interpret these findings by providing preliminary evidence that the organization of open-source software development would self-adapt to characteristics of the code base, in a {\textquoteright}stigmergic{\textquoteright} manner.}, keywords = {age, apache, complexity, cvs, division of labor, functions, gaim, gcc, ghostscript, lines of code, loc, log files, mozilla, netbsd, openssh, postgresql, python, revision control, scm, size, source code, Stigmergy, version control}, issn = {0167-6245}, doi = {DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.06.003}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V8J-4SSG4PN-1/2/88b3824c30a31c18929d8a5ca6d64f62}, author = {den Besten, Matthijs and Jean-Michel Dalle and Galia, Fabrice} } @conference {Wynn03organizationalstructure, title = {Organizational Structure of Open Source Projects: A Life Cycle Approach}, booktitle = {Proceedings of 7th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems}, year = {2003}, note = {"The three graphs in Figure 2 below were taken from smoothed download counts for existing open source projects on Sourceforge.net" "A random sample of 150 open source projects will be taken from data provided by Sourceforge.net. Each project will be evaluated to determine their current life cycle stage (where possible) using download counts. Next, the project admins, developers, and several identifiable users for each evaluated project will be contacted via email to request completing a brief questionnaire to measure the current focus of the project, formal structure, division of labor, leader role, coordination, level of commitment, user success, and developer success. "}, abstract = {The structure of open source project communities is discussed in relation to the organizational life cycle. In lieu of sales figures, the download counts for each project are used to identify the life cycle stage of a random sample of open source projects. A research model is proposed that attempts to measure the fit between the life cycle stage and the specific organizational characteristics of these projects (focus, division of labor, role of the leader, level of commitment, and coordination/control) as an indicator of the success of a project as measured by the satisfaction and involvement of both developers and users.}, keywords = {division of labor, downloads, growth, interview, leadership, life cycle, lifecycle, project success, roles, sourceforge, Survey}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/wynn2004.pdf}, author = {Donald E. Wynn} }