Gender in Open Source Communities: Different Migration Patterns and Forms of Work
David Gray Widder · 2019
Open source software (OSS) runs much of the world’s computing infrastructure [1]. To survive, OSS projects need a steady supply of (often volunteer) labor. Most OSS projects are open to newcomers in theory, but research has uncovered technical and social barriers that newcomers face when joining [2]. The process of evolving from a peripheral contributor to a core contributor is referred as “migration” [3]. Core contributors conduct most of the work and thus are important for the long term health of an OSS project [4], [5].