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Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project

Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project

Juha Järvensivu
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781591409991|ISBN10: 1591409993|EISBN13: 9781591408925
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch010
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Järvensivu, Juha. "Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project." Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, edited by Kirk St.Amant and Brian Still, IGI Global, 2007, pp. 116-125. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch010

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Järvensivu, J. (2007). Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project. In K. St.Amant & B. Still (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives (pp. 116-125). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch010

Chicago

Järvensivu, Juha. "Dependencies, Networks, and Priorities in an Open Source Project." In Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, edited by Kirk St.Amant and Brian Still, 116-125. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2007. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch010

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Abstract

Dependencies between modern software projects are common. Jointly, such dependencies form a project network, where changes in one project cause changes to the others belonging to the same project network. This chapter discusses the issues of dependencies, distances, and priorities in open source project networks, from the standpoint of both technological and social networks. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of open source software (OSS) development is offered. There is a strong empirical focus maintained, since the aim of the chapter is to analyze OSS network characteristics through an in-depth, qualitative case study of one specifi c open source community: the Open Source Eclipse plug-in project Laika. In our analysis, we will introduce both internal and external networks associated with Laika, together with a discussion of how tightly they are intertwined. We will analyze both the internal and the external networks through the elements of mutuality, interdependence, distance, priorities, different power relations, and investments made in the relationships—elements chosen on the basis of analysis of the network studies literature.

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