The Challenges of Automated Quantitative Analysis of Open Source Software Projects∗
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Assessing libre (free/open source) software applications has become a main issue in recent days, with several evaluation frameworks proposed. One of the main goals of all these frameworks is to automate the evaluation process as much as possible, and to provide a universal, comparable metric for the suitability of a libre software application. In this position paper we discuss in detail the drawbacks that in our opinion have current frameworks, based on the experiences gained from researching free/open source software software applications empirically for several years.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006