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Authors:
Remo Eckert
Andreas Mueller
Keywords: Open Source Software; Sustainability; Diversity; Android.
Abstract:
Open Source Software (OSS) projects rely on the efforts of thousands of software developers. The sustainability and diversity of these communities are two important factors for the long-term viability of OSS communities. This paper reviews the research on OSS sustainability and diversity. Drawing on the findings of measures on sustainability and diversity, we applied a number of the established metrics to the Android Open Source Project and found that over a third of all contributions originate from Google. Surprisingly, in 2015 we saw a decrease in the total number of contributors within the Android project. Findings from our analysis highlight the importance of sustainability and diversity for the development of OSS.
Pages: 48 to 54
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017
Publication date: October 8, 2017
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4235
ISBN: 978-1-61208-590-6
Location: Athens, Greece
Dates: from October 8, 2017 to October 12, 2017