Toward an understanding of the motivation Open Source Software developers
Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering
Characteristics of Open Source Projects
CSMR '03 Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering
The Many Meanings of Open Source
IEEE Software
The transformation of open source software
MIS Quarterly
Practical development of an Eclipse-based software fault prediction tool using Naive Bayes algorithm
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Open source development is often regarded as a chaotic environment where new initiatives' success or failure just happens by chance. However, successful open source communities are applying incubation processes for managing the risks associated with creating new projects. This article analyzes the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the incubation process, focusing on the Apache and Eclipse communities. After performing a quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of these communities, the authors identified aspects that affect the incubation period's duration and community size. The similarities led them to propose a two-stage model for the incubation process, which might facilitate its applicability to other open source or industrial organizations.