Hosting of libre software projects: a distributed peer-to-peer approach

Authors:
Jesús M. González-Barahona;Pedro de-las-Heras-Quirós
Affiliations:
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones Móstoles, Spain;Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones Móstoles, Spain
Venue:
Future directions in distributed computing
Year:
2003

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Abstract

While current hosting systems for libre software projects are mainly centralized or client-server systems, several benefits arise from using distributed peer-to-peer architectures. The peculiarities of libre software projects make them a perfect test-bed for experimenting with this architecture. Among those peculiarities we can mention: the clear need for decentralization, the highly distributed nature of the user base, the high reliability requirements and the rich set of interactions among users and developers. Here we present a first attempt to describe the characteristics and complexities of this application area, and the expected future developments.