Analyzing the Impact of Funding and Governance Models on GitHub Development Activities in OSS Projects

Abstract

Open Source Software (OSS) projects, which are accessible and modifiable by the public, have experienced significant growth due to the advent of blockchain and other emerging technologies. These projects, typically hosted on platforms like GitHub, utilize various governance models and funding methods that can greatly influence their development activities. The study was split into two main parts. This first part of the study examines data from approximately 600 OSS projects using BigQuery. The data encompasses repository names, dates, actor IDs, actor logins, and 28 different events, including total activities and distinct commits, from 2013 to the present. The second part of the study consisted of taking a deeper dive into the backgrounds of these OSS projects. The funding model, project type, and governance mode were all used to investigate potential correlations with the success of the OSS. Although the data has not been fully realized, the study aims to identify correlation with a specific aspect of an OSS and its success.

This abstract is part of a collection in which the overarching large project under Dr. Jiasun Li was subdivided into discrete critical tasks that were carried out by multiple individuals or smaller teams. Abstracts in this collection read similarly given the shared project goals, but represent distinct tasks completed by the abstract authors towards finalizing the described analysis.