Company Participation in Open Source Software Communities: Measuring Sustainability



: Niklas Vainio, Ville Oksanen, Tere Vadén

: n/a

: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business

: Tampere

: 2006

: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business

: Proceedings of Frontiers of e-Business Research 2006

: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB)

: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873454838∂nerID=40&md5=c3bbf87ca0b663b6fb6219ae2b527cba


A framework for analysing the sustainability of a
community in four dimensions – social, cultural, legal and
economical – is presented. The framework is further
differentiated by taking into account the different types of
open source software communities, particularly with regard to
their work ethics: voluntary or salary-based. In conclusion,
the framework is tentatively applied to two communities,
Debian and Eclipse.
A framework for analysing the sustainability of a community in four dimensions – social, cultural, legal and economical – is presented. The framework is further differentiated by taking into account the different types of open source software communities, particularly with regard to their work ethics: voluntary or salary-based. In conclusion, the framework is tentatively applied to two communities, Debian and Eclipse.

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