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Free Software (FS) and Open Source Software (OSS) have changed how researchers and practitioners look at software development and related business models. OSS contrasts traditional in-house software development, as its outcome—the software—is freely accessible by anyone. As a result, major companies including market leaders such as Facebook, Google and Twitter use OS technologies.
The largest part and the results of this study have been previously published as Homscheid, D., Kunegis, J. & Schaarschmidt, M. (2015), Private-Collective Innovation and Open Source Software: Longitudinal Insights from Linux Kernel Development, in M. Janssen, M. Mäntymäki, J. Hidders, B. Klievink, W. Lamersdorf, B. van Loenen & A. Zuiderwijk, eds, ‘Open and Big Data Management and Innovation’, Vol. 9373 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer International Publishing, pp. 299–313. Reprinted by permission from Springer Nature Customer Service Centre GmbH.
Since this study is largely derived from the previously mentioned publication, the personal pronoun‘we’ is used.
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In this study the terms contributor, developer, actor, participant and programmer are used synonymously to denote people who are active in OSS projects and in LK development.
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For a detailed description of the steps data crawling, data cleaning and the process of contributor categorization, please refer to Chapter 5.1.
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https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel, last accessed December 18, 2018.
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http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel, last accessed December 18, 2018.
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Homscheid, D. (2020). Study I: Private-Collective Innovation and Open Source Software: Longitudinal Insights from Linux Kernel Development. In: Firm-Sponsored Developers in Open Source Software Projects. Innovation, Entrepreneurship und Digitalisierung. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31478-1_6
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