This paper presents first results from research into open source projects from a software engineering perspective. The research methodology employed relies on public data retrieved from the CVS-repository of the GNOME project and relevant discussion groups.(...)

"This book gives an overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes of their products and the workings within the development...

"This book is a multidisciplinary collection of research and approaches on the applications and processes of open source software, highlighting the development processes performed by software programmers, the motivations of its participants, and the legal and economic issues that have been...