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  • The Impact of Project License and Operating System on the Effectiveness of the Defect-Fixing Process in Open Source Software Projects

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    Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein
    Aurum, Aybuke
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein H.
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Open source software (OSS) products have been widely adopted by commercial as well as government organisations. However, despite their increased adoption, many OSS projects still fail in responding to users' quality needs such as resolving software defects. Hence, this paper investigates the responsiveness of OSS projects to users' needs in terms of resolving software defects. To do so, we develop and test a model of antecedents to the effectiveness of the defect-fixing process for OSS projects. Data gathered for this study from 1481 OSS projects confirms that OSS projects that apply a less restrictive licence ...
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    Open source software (OSS) products have been widely adopted by commercial as well as government organisations. However, despite their increased adoption, many OSS projects still fail in responding to users' quality needs such as resolving software defects. Hence, this paper investigates the responsiveness of OSS projects to users' needs in terms of resolving software defects. To do so, we develop and test a model of antecedents to the effectiveness of the defect-fixing process for OSS projects. Data gathered for this study from 1481 OSS projects confirms that OSS projects that apply a less restrictive licence are less dependent on their team to operate their defect-fixing process. It is also demonstrated that OSS projects developed to run on a broader range of operating systems are more likely to have an effective defect-fixing. The study provides practitioners with insightful recommendations on project characteristics and defect-fixing effectiveness.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Business Information Systems
    Volume
    8
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2011.042398
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Inderscience Publishers. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Information Systems Management
    Information Systems
    Business and Management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/53201
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