%0 Conference Proceedings %B Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th International Conference on Open Source Systems %D 2017 %T Investigating Relationships Between FLOSS Foundations and FLOSS Projects %A Juho Lindman %A Hammouda, Imed %X Foundations function as vital institutional support infrastructures for many of the most successful open source projects, but the role of these support entities remains an understudied phenomenon in FLOSS research. Drawing on Open Hub (formerly known as Ohloh) data, this paper empirically investigates the different ways these entities support projects and interact with different projects and with each other. %B Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th International Conference on Open Source Systems %S IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology %I Springer %V 496 %P 14-22 %8 05/2017 %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7_2 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7_2