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Cross-community collaboration can exploit the expertise and knowledges of crowds in different communities. Recently increasing users in open source software (OSS) community like GitHub attempt to gather software requirements from question…

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Software has gained immense importance in our everyday lifeand is handling each and every aspect of today's technologicalworld. The idea of software at initial phase was implemented bya very precise minority of individual and now it's…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2011-09-02 Umer Farooq , M. Aqeel Iqbal , Usman Shabbir , Sohail Nazir

Open Source Software (OSS) has been recognized by the software development community as an effective way to deliver software. Unlike traditional software development, OSS development is driven by collaboration among developers spread…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Bianca Minetto Napoleão , Fabio Petrillo , Sylvain Hallé

As user demands evolve, effectively incorporating feature requests is crucial for maintaining software relevance and user satisfaction. Feature requests, typically expressed in natural language, often suffer from ambiguity or incomplete…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Pragyan KC , Rambod Ghandiparsi , Thomas Herron , John Heaps , Mitra Bokaei Hosseini

End-users play an integral role in identifying requirements, validating software features' usefulness, locating defects, and in software product evolution in general. Their role in these activities is especially prominent in online…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-15 Sherlock A. Licorish , Amjed Tahir , Michael Franklin Bosu , Stephen G. MacDonell

Background: Open Source Software (OSS) started as an effort of communities of volunteers, but its practices have been adopted far beyond these initial scenarios. For instance, the strategic use of OSS in industry is constantly growing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Johan Linåker , Björn Lundell , Francisco Servant , Jonas Gamalielsson , Sachiko Muto , Gregorio Robles

Caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware, is commonly attributed to open source software (OSS)-the onus is on the OSS consumer to ensure that it is fit for use in the consumer's context. OSS has been compared to an open market bazaar where…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Nancy Mead , Carol Woody , Scott Hissam

The Open Source Software movement has been growing exponentially for a number of years with no signs of slowing. Driving this growth is the widespread availability of libraries and frameworks that provide many functionalities. Developers…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Stan Zajdel , Diego Elias Costa , Hafedh Mili

The development of open source software (OSS) is a broad field which requires diverse skill sets. For example, maintainers help lead the project and promote its longevity, technical writers assist with documentation, bug reporters identify…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Jenny T. Liang , Thomas Zimmermann , Denae Ford

In recent years, open-source software (OSS) has become increasingly prevalent in developing software products. While OSS documentation is the primary source of information provided by the developers' community about a product, its role in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Aaron Imani , Shiva Radmanesh , Iftekhar Ahmed , Mohammad Moshirpour

Software bots, extensively adopted by Open Source Software (OSS) projects, support developers across several activities, from automating predefined tasks to generating code that aids software engineers. However, with the growing prominence…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Danyellias Vaz de Lima Manso , Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto , Mohamad Kassab

In traditional usability studies, researchers talk to users of tools to understand their needs and challenges. Insights gained via such interviews offer context, detail, and background. Due to costs in time and money, we are beginning to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Kelly Mack , John Lee , Kevin Chang , Karrie Karahalios , Aditya Parameswaran

Variety, size and complexity of data types, services and applications in Internet is continuously growing up. This increasing of complexity needs more powerful and sophisticated equipment's. One group of these devices that has essential…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Mazdak Fatahi , Masou Soursouri , Pooya Pourmohammad , Mahmood Ahmadi

Free and open source software is widely used in the creation of software systems, whereas many organisations choose to provide their systems as open source. Open source software carries licenses that determine the conditions under which the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Maria Papoutsoglou , Georgia M. Kapitsaki , Daniel German , Lefteris Angelis

A number of software foundations have been created as legal instruments to better articulate the structure, collaboration and financial model of Open Source Software (OSS) projects. Some examples are the Apache, Linux, or Mozilla…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo , Jordi Cabot

Many open source software (OSS) projects need more human resources for maintenance, improvements, and sometimes even their survival. These needs allegedly apply even to vital OSS projects that can be seen as being a part of the world's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Jukka Ruohonen , Gaurav Choudhary , Adam Alami

In recent years, concerns have increased over the lack of contributor diversity in open source software (OSS), despite its status as a paragon of open collaboration. OSS is an important form of digital infrastructure and part of a career…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Hana Frluckaj , James Howison , Laura Dabbish , Nikki Stevens

Open Source Software (OSS) projects offer valuable opportunities to train the next generation of software engineers while benefiting projects and society as a whole. While research has extensively explored student participation in OSS and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Italo Santos , Katia Romero Felizardo , Bianca Trinkereinch , Daniel M. German , Igor Steinmacher , Marco A. Gerosa

The success of an open source software (OSS) project requires effective communication among its members. Given that OSS projects often have established social status systems, much communication may happen between individuals of different…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Yisi Han , Zhendong Wang , Yang Feng , Zhihong Zhao , Yi Wang

While open-source software has enabled significant levels of reuse to speed up software development, it has also given rise to the dreadful dependency hell that all software practitioners face on a regular basis. This article provides a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Tom Mens , Alexandre Decan