Impact of the Creation of the Mozilla Foundation in the Activity of Developers
Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Gregório Robles, Israel Herraiz · 2007
During 2003, the Mozilla project transitioned from company-promoted (sponsored by AOL) to community-promoted (sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation). What happened to the group of developers during this transition? There was any significant impact on its activity or composition? To answer these questions, we have performed an analysis of the CVS repository of Mozilla, using the CVSAnalY tool, finding little on activity, but dramatic changes in the the composition of the development team.