I just read an interesting paper that I thought may interest others on the list. Essentially it is a study of "how the rise and fall of a central contributor impacts the social organization and performance of an OSS community". using Gentoo as a case study and examining various performance metrics during the period when Daniel Robbins (Gentoo founder) left the project for various reasons.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.7191 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.7191v1.pdf -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
