A Survey Paper on Open Source Forking Motivation Reasons and Challenges

Chua, B

A Survey Paper on Open Source Forking Motivation Reasons and Challenges

Chua, B

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Publisher:: AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2017, pp. 1 - 13 (13)
Issue Date:: 2017-07-16

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dc.contributor.author	Chua, B	en_US
dc.date	2017-07-16	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-03-15	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-07-16	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2017, pp. 1 - 13 (13)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1943-7544	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121276
dc.description.abstract	This paper adopts a systematic literature review method and a content analysis method to examine and review the current literature on open source developer forking motivation to investigate categories, research types and reports, specifically, literature in the emerging field of using forking to maintain project sustainability. The review generated five conclusions: 1) reviving original project health is important; 2) there are few frameworks on social interaction and negotiation policy between project leaders, junior and senior developers that could minimise project-to-project developer migration; 3) many papers analysed social forking community behaviour; 4) the biggest fork threat is poor guidance; and 5) most research used qualitative and statistical analyses to analyse forking activity. A methodological framework for forking sustainability is developed from the literature review. The contributions of this paper include providing a quick reference for new open source researchers to understand categories of developer forking motivation, and to introduce guidelines to open source software communities on ways to reduce organisational issues as motivating factors for developers.	en_US
dc.publisher	AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)	en_US
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dc.title	A Survey Paper on Open Source Forking Motivation Reasons and Challenges	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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Abstract:

This paper adopts a systematic literature review method and a content analysis method to examine and review the current literature on open source developer forking motivation to investigate categories, research types and reports, specifically, literature in the emerging field of using forking to maintain project sustainability. The review generated five conclusions: 1) reviving original project health is important; 2) there are few frameworks on social interaction and negotiation policy between project leaders, junior and senior developers that could minimise project-to-project developer migration; 3) many papers analysed social forking community behaviour; 4) the biggest fork threat is poor guidance; and 5) most research used qualitative and statistical analyses to analyse forking activity. A methodological framework for forking sustainability is developed from the literature review. The contributions of this paper include providing a quick reference for new open source researchers to understand categories of developer forking motivation, and to introduce guidelines to open source software communities on ways to reduce organisational issues as motivating factors for developers.

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