Free open source communities sustainability: Does it make a difference in software quality?

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Possible founder application

Monitor contributor concentration and invest in broadening the maintainer pipeline.

Reported result

What the study found

Contribution is highly concentrated: top 15 of 388 contributed over 83% of change requests and 66% of issue reports; sustainability relates to quality.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Repository mining/statistical study

Sample and setting

FOSS communities; one reported comparison involved 388 contributors.

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Abstract/page evidence limits detailed sample and external-validity assessment.

Research sources

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