Google summer of code: Student motivations and contributions

• Main Authors: SILVA, Jefferson O., WIESE, Igor Scaliante, GERMÁN, Daniel M., TREUDE, Christoph, GEROSA, Marco Aurélio, STEINMACHER, Igor
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Google summer of code; Motivation; Newcomers; Open source software; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8791; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9794/viewcontent/jss20.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Several open source software (OSS) projects participate in engagement programs like Summers of Code expecting to foster newcomers’ onboarding and receive contributions. However, scant empirical evidence identifies why students join such programs. In this paper, we study the well-established Google S...