TY - GEN
T1 - An exploratory study on the two new trends in open source software
T2 - 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
AU - Choi, Namjoo
AU - Chengalur-Smith, Indushobha
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Many have been envisaging the emergence of Open Source Software (OSS) for general end-users and the enhancements in providing services and support, as the most critical factors for OSS success, and at the same time, the most critical issues which are holding back the OSS movement. While these two distinct waves in OSS evolution have become more observable, researchers have not yet explored the characteristics of these two distinct new waves. The current study found evidence for these two waves and further explored the two waves by empirically examining two hundred projects hosted in Sourceforge.net. We compared the characteristics of OSS projects that are intended for two disparate audiences: developers and end-users and found that projects for end-users supported more languages but also had more restrictive licenses as compared to projects for developers.
AB - Many have been envisaging the emergence of Open Source Software (OSS) for general end-users and the enhancements in providing services and support, as the most critical factors for OSS success, and at the same time, the most critical issues which are holding back the OSS movement. While these two distinct waves in OSS evolution have become more observable, researchers have not yet explored the characteristics of these two distinct new waves. The current study found evidence for these two waves and further explored the two waves by empirically examining two hundred projects hosted in Sourceforge.net. We compared the characteristics of OSS projects that are intended for two disparate audiences: developers and end-users and found that projects for end-users supported more languages but also had more restrictive licenses as compared to projects for developers.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2009.63
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2009.63
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:63349111064
SN - 9780769534503
T3 - Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
BT - Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS
Y2 - 5 January 2009 through 9 January 2009
ER -