A theory of the engagement in open source projects via summer of code programs

• Main Authors: SILVA, Jefferson, WIESE, Igor, GERMAN, Daniel M., TREUDE, Christoph, GEROSA, Marco A., STEINMACHER, Igor
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Engagement; Mentoring; Motivation; Onboarding; OSS; Process Theory; Summer of Code; Software Engineering; Theory and Algorithms
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8894; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9897/viewcontent/fse20b.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Summer of code programs connect students to open source software (OSS) projects, typically during the summer break from school. Analyzing consolidated summer of code programs can reveal how college students, who these programs usually target, can be motivated to participate in OSS, and what onboardi...