We review the empirical research on Free/Libre and Open-Source Software (FLOSS)
development and assess the state of the literature. We develop a framework for organizing …

Open Source Software (OSS) has changed drastically over the last decade, with OSS
projects now producing a large ecosystem of popular products, involving industry …

Abstract Information systems success is one of the most widely used dependent variables in
information systems (IS) research, but research on free/libre and open source software …

This paper presents the results of a qualitative review and synthesis of the literature on open
source governance, addressing four key questions:(1) How has open source software (OSS) …

In this paper, we investigate open source software (OSS) success using longitudinal data on
OSS projects. We find that restrictive OSS licenses have an adverse impact on OSS success …

Context: Gaining an identity and building a good reputation are important motivations for
Open Source Software (OSS) developers. It is unclear whether these motivations have any …

As the open source movement grows, it becomes important to understand the dynamics that
affect the motivation of participants who contribute their time freely to such projects. One …

Peer code review has been adopted as an effective quality improvement practice by many
Open Source Software (OSS) communities. In addition to increasing software quality, there …

CONTEXT: Open source (FLOSS) project survivability is an important piece of information for
many open source stakeholders. Coordinators of open source projects would like to know …

In this paper, we examine how the motivations and attitudes of open source software (OSS)
developers affect their preference among the three common OSS license types—Strong …