Scientific study about Debian Project governance and social organization
Two academic management researchers, Siobhán O'Mahony and Fabrizio Ferraro, performed a detailed scientific study about Debian Project governance and social organization from the management perspective. How did a big non-commercial, non-paying community evolve into one that produces some of the most respectable Operating Systems and applications packages available? Introduction The study analyzed 13 years of Debian Project history, interviewed some Project participants and previous Leaders, and carefully observed patterns. The open nature of Debian Project history, registered at discussion lists archives and irc logs, meetings reports, were also used during the data collection phase. The study is VERY interesting as scientific analyzed HOW an open source project survived, evolved and flourished during 13 years, overcoming many troubles only challenged by long term BIG communities, reaching solid institutional foundations to resolve disputes. Motivation A la