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Open Source Software Communities
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 September 2003
End Date
31 March 2004
Status
completed
Keywords
Open Source Software
Communities
Software Engineering
Media
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Range
Institute/School
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Institut/School
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Eprints ID
13126
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PublicationInside an Open Source Software Community: Empirical Analysis on Individual and Group LevelAn established Open Source Software community (Apache Cocoon) was explored using an online questionnaire about demographic data and individual and group-related factors. Individual factors encompassed forms of contributions, motivation, expertise and knowledge. Role structures, expectations towards other members, trust and collaboration issues were analysed at group level. More than 60% of the developer community completed this questionnaire. Results provide a valuable basis for deeper understanding of knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation processes in distributed work groupsType: conference paper