Abstract
Open source software development has been the subject of interest among
businesses as well as in the academic world. OSS enables many possibilities
for companies but also sets new kinds of challenges. Earlier studies have
shown that trust in OSS communities plays a key role in facilitating their
success. Trust is important in this context because the participants of OSS
communities represent different organi-sations and different motivations, and
therefore, there is a constant risk for opportunistic behaviour be-tween
participants. Trust from another perspective is also a central factor when
organisations are making decisions about whether they choose OS software or
not.
This paper aims to discuss about two sides of trust, affective and cognitive
in OSS communities. The pa-per is structured in a following way. Firstly, the
multidisciplinary concept of trust is discussed in general. Then, affective
and cognitive sides of trust and their roles in Linux Kernel community are
discussed. Fi-nally, trust in the Linux Kernel community versus other OSS
communities is discussed and future re-search paths planned.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The First International Workshop on Trust in Open Source Software (TOSS). Limerick, Ireland, 14 June 2007 |
Pages | 203-208 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
Event | 3rd International Conference on Open Source Systems - Limeric, Ireland Duration: 11 Apr 2007 → 14 Apr 2007 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on Open Source Systems |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Limeric |
Period | 11/04/07 → 14/04/07 |