How do free/open source developers pick their tools?: A Delphi study of the Debian project

Martin F. Krafft; Klaas Jan Stol; Brian Fitzgerald

doi:10.1145/2889160.2889248

How do free/open source developers pick their tools? A Delphi study of the Debian project

Martin F. Krafft
, Klaas Jan Stol
, Brian Fitzgerald

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has come to play a critical role in the global software industry. Organizations are widely adopting FOSS and interacting with open source communities, and hence organizations have a considerable interest in seeing these communities flourishing. Little research has focused on the tools used to develop that software. Given the absence of formal mandate that would appear in traditional organizations, an open question is what influences a FOSS contributor's decision to adopt a tool and how workflows get established in FOSS teams. In this paper we report on a Delphi study conducted in the Debian Project, one of the largest FOSS projects. Drawing from data collected in three phases from a panel of 21 carefully selected and well-informed participants, we identified 15 factors that affect decisions to adopt tools and relate those to existing models of innovation and diffusion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software, GREENS 2016
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	232-241
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450341615, 9781450342056
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889248
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2016 - Austin, United States Duration: 14 May 2016 → 22 May 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0270-5257

Conference

Conference	2016 IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	14/05/16 → 22/05/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Delphi study
Free/open source software
Qualitative study
Tools

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Krafft, M. F., Stol, K. J., & Fitzgerald, B. (2016). How do free/open source developers pick their tools? A Delphi study of the Debian project. In Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software, GREENS 2016 (pp. 232-241). (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889248

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Krafft, MF, Stol, KJ & Fitzgerald, B 2016, How do free/open source developers pick their tools? A Delphi study of the Debian project. in Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software, GREENS 2016. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 232-241, 2016 IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2016, Austin, United States, 14/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889248

How do free/open source developers pick their tools? A Delphi study of the Debian project. / Krafft, Martin F.; Stol, Klaas Jan; Fitzgerald, Brian.
Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software, GREENS 2016. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 232-241 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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