An Exploratory Long-Term Open Source Activity Analysis: Implications from Empirical Findings on Activity Statistics
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Open source software (OSS) activities are diverse and difficult to capture. The author attempts a web service-based observation of OSS activities. Small community factor is discussed from a social viewpoint.
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