Company Participation in Open Source Software Communities: Measuring Sustainability

Authors

Niklas Vainio, Hypermedia Lab, University of Tampere, FinlandFollow
Ville Oksanen, SoberIT, Helsinki University of Technology, FinlandFollow
Tere Vadén, Hypermedia Lab, University of Tampere, FinlandFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A framework for analysing the sustainability of a community in four dimensions – social, cultural, legal and economical – is presented. The framework is further differentiated by taking into account the different types of open source software communities, particularly with regard to their work ethics: voluntary or salary-based. In conclusion, the framework is tentatively applied to two communities, Debian and Eclipse.

Recommended Citation

Vainio, Niklas; Oksanen, Ville; and Vadén, Tere, "Company Participation in Open Source Software Communities: Measuring Sustainability" (2006). ICEB 2006 Proceedings (Tampere, Finland). 41.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2006/41