Governance practices and software maintenance: A study of open source projects

Governance practices and software maintenance: A study of open source projects

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Article ID: iaor20127327
Volume: 54
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 23
End Page Number: 32
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Journal: Decision Support Systems
Authors: ,
Keywords: software, open source systems
Abstract:

We have proposed a two‐dimensional taxonomy of open source project governance, namely participation management and responsibility management. We have then formulated four hypotheses by linking the two dimensions to software maintenance time. These hypotheses were tested using maintenance data from 352 open source software projects. This study contributes to open source software maintenance literature by demonstrating the effects of the two governance dimensions on open source software maintenance outcomes.

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