Paper Info
Title
Open Source Software Development: A Case Study of FreeBSD
Abstract
A common claim is that open source software development produces higher quality software at lower cost than traditional commercial development. To validate such claims, researchers have conducted case studies of "successful" open source development projects. This case study of the FreeBSD project provides further understanding of open source development. The FreeBSD development process is fairly well-defined with proscribed methods for determining developer responsibilities, dealing with enhancements and defects, and for managing releases. Compared to the Apache project, FreeBSD uses a smaller set of core developers that implement a smaller portion of the system, and uses a more well-defined testing process. FreeBSD and Apache have a similar ratio of core developers to (1) people involved in adapting and debugging the system, and (2) people who report problems. Both systems have similar defect densities, and the developers are also users in both systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/METRICS.2004.33
IEEE METRICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
project management,software quality,public domain software
Personal software process,Software engineering,Systems engineering,Package development process,Computer science,Software peer review,Software project management,Software development process,Backporting,Operating system,Software development,Open-source software development
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2129-0
26
1.89
References 
Authors
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Trung T. Dinh-trong118711.29
James M. Bieman21237121.36