Revisiting Linus's law: Benefits and challenges of open source software peer review

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Jing Wang, Patrick C. Shih, John M. Carroll

Published: 01 Jan 2015, Last Modified: 30 Sept 2024Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud. 2015EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We characterize the impacts of member differences on open source software peer review.•We suggest nuanced view on Linus’s law in regard to work performance and community engagement.•We provide design implications for leveraging member differences in large-scale online peer production.•We conducted a case study in Mozilla with extensive analyses on bug reports.