Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 38-44.

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Research on the development of global open source ecology

  

  1. 1. East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China 2. Tongji University, Shanghai 201800, China
  • Online:2020-05-15 Published:2020-11-10

Abstract: As open source is becoming more and more important, data analysis that is relatively complete and can be deduced repeatedly based on global open source big data is particularly important. In this work, we use the GitHub trace data of 2019 with the total number of 546 million logs for analysis. It aims to observe the current status, progress,and trends of open source worldwide from the perspective of data by analyzing the developer behavior logs of the entire GitHub. In addition to showing the full picture of the current open source world, evolutionary characteristics and future challenges, we pay special attention to the performance of Chinese developers and enterprise organizations in the entire open source industry.

Key words: open source, behavioral data, developer behavior, GitHub