Empirical study of 1,932 GitHub projects finds 16% abandonment rate with 41% survival via new core developers, supported by survey of maintainers on motivations and barriers.
An empirical study on the structural complexity introduced by core and peripheral developers in free software projects
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On the abandonment and survival of open source projects: An empirical investigation
Empirical study of 1,932 GitHub projects finds 16% abandonment rate with 41% survival via new core developers, supported by survey of maintainers on motivations and barriers.