Toward an understanding of the motivation of open source software developers

By Yunwen Ye, Kouichi Kishida. 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, 2003. Proceedings., 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Computer Science Applications

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Carrots and Rainbows: Motivation and Social Practice in Open Source Software Development (2012, background): “• Ye and Kishida (2003) suggested the consideration of legitimate peripheral learning based on the work by Lave and Wenger (1991) to explain increasing levels of participation over time (see also Rullani 2007).”
Taking "Fun and Games" Seriously: Proposing the Hedonic-Motivation System Adoption Model (HMSAM) (2012, unknown): “…2004; Ran & Lo, 2006; Ryan et al., 2006; Yee, 2006) Receive approval (Butler, Sproull, Kiesler, & Kraut, 2002; Foltz, 2004; McClure et al., 2009; Ye & Kishida, 2003) Journal of the Association for Information Systems Vol. 14, Issue 11, pp. 617-671, November 2013 This review illustrates the…”
Gender and Tenure Diversity in GitHub Teams (2015, background): “Although typically not as experienced, they are very motivated to provide contributions by reputation building [36] and their desire to learn [67].”
Social Barriers Faced by Newcomers Placing Their First Contribution in Open Source Software Projects (2015, methodology): “” Previous research related to newcomers’ joining process examined the dynamics driving OSS contributors, mostly focusing on the motivations for becoming a member, roadmaps to becoming a core developer, or indicators of potential long-term commitment [30, 37, 68, 86, 88].”
Meta-design (2004, unknown): “The success of open source systems exemplifies meta-design by openly embracing users as codesigners by releasing incomplete code; actively soliciting and incorporating user contributions; strategically sharing the control over original designers and users by granting users direct access to source co”
Women’s Participation in Open Source Software: A Survey of the Literature (2021, background): “[PS23] suggest that women drop out because the OSS project is not aligned to their motivations or due to the unappealing and hostile social dynamics especially in medium-size projects [118].”