How the FLOSS research community uses email archives

International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-59

  Squire, Megan ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Email; Free and open source software (FOSS); Free libre and open source software (FLOSS); Free software; Literature review; Mailing list; Open source; Open source software (OSS); Software engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; FREE SOFTWARE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MAILING LISTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875327899     PISSN: 19423926     EISSN: 19423934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jossp.2012010103     Document Type: Article

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