Aspects of an Open Source Software Sustainable Life Cycle

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Title	Aspects of an Open Source Software Sustainable Life Cycle
Publication Type	Conference Proceedings
Year of Publication	2011
Authors	Arantes, FL, Freire, FMP
Secondary Title	Open Source Systems: Grounding Research (OSS 2011)
Pagination	325-329
Date Published	10/2011
Publisher	Springer
Keywords	Financial Resources, OSS Communities, OSS Sustainability, software maintenance
Abstract	In this paper we present a literature overview about OSS sustainability, considering not only financial resources, but also community growth, source code and tools management. Based on these aspects, we define an OSS life cycle that may contribute to OSS projects sustainability.
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