Trustworthiness of Floss development process

The paper presents key results of a survey conducted on stakeholders in Free/Libre Open Source Software projects. The main focus of the survey was the collection of data related to development practices of Free/Libre Open Source Software communities and the identification of elements that improve trustworthiness of the process. The survey was carried out using a structured questionnaire about opinions and practices followed by Free/Libre Open Source Software communities. We divided the survey in two phases, the first phase were personal interviews and, the second phase was based on an on-line questionnaire. Both phases confirmed many expectations related to Free/Libre Open Source Software and helped us to understand in details specific issues related to trust and trustworthiness of the Free/Libre Open Source Software development process as: maintenance, testing plans, documentation etc. 2010 CRL Publishing Ltd.