Sampling in Open Source Software Development: The Case for Using the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution Export

@proceedings{citeulike:2973254, abstract = {Research on open source software (OSS) projects often focuses on the SourceForge collaboration platform. We argue that a GNU/Linux distribution, such as Debian, is better suited for the sampling of projects because it avoids biases and contains unique information only available in an integrated environment. Especially research on the reuse of components can build on dependency information inherent in the Debian GNU/Linux packaging system. This paper therefore contributes to the practice of sampling methods in OSS research and provides empirical data on reuse dependencies in Debian}, author = {Spaeth, Sebastian and Stuermer, Matthias and Haefliger, Stefan and von Krogh, Georg}, booktitle = {System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on}, citeulike-article-id = {2973254}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2007.471}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4076710}, doi = {10.1109/HICSS.2007.471}, journal = {System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on}, keywords = {debian, open-source}, pages = {166a}, posted-at = {2008-10-06 19:52:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Sampling in Open Source Software Development: The Case for Using the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2007.471}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2973254 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2973254 N2 - Research on open source software (OSS) projects often focuses on the SourceForge collaboration platform. We argue that a GNU/Linux distribution, such as Debian, is better suited for the sampling of projects because it avoids biases and contains unique information only available in an integrated environment. Especially research on the reuse of components can build on dependency information inherent in the Debian GNU/Linux packaging system. This paper therefore contributes to the practice of sampling methods in OSS research and provides empirical data on reuse dependencies in Debian JF - System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on EP - 166a TI - Sampling in Open Source Software Development: The Case for Using the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution T2 - System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on SP - 166a KW - debian KW - open-source AU - Spaeth, Sebastian AU - Stuermer, Matthias AU - Haefliger, Stefan AU - von Krogh, Georg PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2007.471 ER -