What Can SourceForge.net Data Alone Tell Us about Open-Source Software Commons?
Sandra L. Haire · The MIT Press eBooks · 2012
This chapter examines factors that influence the success of open-source software (OSS) projects, focusing on SourceForge.net (SF). It analyzes the 2006 data set of 107,747 SF projects; asks whether this data set captures any of the factors related to technology, community, and institutions; and considers whether any of these factors are more often associated with success or abandonment of OSS projects. The chapter shows that leadership, development team size, and user community size are more often associated with successful OSS projects.