Journal article
But what will it cost me? How do private costs of participation affect open source software projects?
Research policy, v 46(6), pp 1062-1070
01 Jul 2017
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Abstract
We explore how the adoption of a decentralized version control system (DVCS) affects the number of participants and the level of contribution in open source software (OSS) projects. Based on a monthly panel data of 10,381 OSS projects between 2007 and 2011, we find that DVCS reduces the private costs for participants in an OSS project and thus increases the number of participants, but decreases the average level of contribution by individual participants. Our findings provide a complementary view based on the cost side of participants' decision and have implications to other contexts where the project development is contingent on voluntary individual participation.
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- Title
- But what will it cost me? How do private costs of participation affect open source software projects?
- Creators
- Mazhar Islam - Tulane UniversityJacob Miller - Drexel UniversityHaemin Dennis Park - The University of Texas at Dallas
- Publication Details
- Research policy, v 46(6), pp 1062-1070
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000403997700002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85019569821
- Other Identifier
- 991019168132104721
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