The Economics of Community Open Source Software Projects : An Empirical Analysis of Maintenance Effort
Joint Authors
Capra, Eugenio
Francalanci, Chiara
Merlo, Francesco
Source
Advances in Software Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Previous contributions in the empirical software engineering literature have consistently observed a quality degradation effect of proprietary code as a consequence of maintenance.
This degradation effect, referred to as entropy effect, has been recognized to be responsible for significant increases in maintenance effort.
In the Open Source context, the quality of code is a fundamental design principle.
As a consequence, the maintenance effort of Open Source applications may not show a similar increasing trend over time.
The goal of this paper is to empirically verify the entropy effect for a sample of 4,289 community Open Source application versions.
Analyses are based on the comparison with an estimate of effort obtained with a traditional effort estimation model.
Findings indicate that community Open Source applications show a slower growth of maintenance effort over time, and, therefore, are less subject to the entropy effect.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Capra, Eugenio& Francalanci, Chiara& Merlo, Francesco. 2010. The Economics of Community Open Source Software Projects : An Empirical Analysis of Maintenance Effort. Advances in Software Engineering،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Capra, Eugenio…[et al.]. The Economics of Community Open Source Software Projects : An Empirical Analysis of Maintenance Effort. Advances in Software Engineering No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-17.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Capra, Eugenio& Francalanci, Chiara& Merlo, Francesco. The Economics of Community Open Source Software Projects : An Empirical Analysis of Maintenance Effort. Advances in Software Engineering. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490502
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-490502