Discussing Metrics for Open Source - Insights from the CHAOSS Project

Explore open source metrics and their challenges in this Birds of a Feather session led by Georg Link from Bitergia. Delve into the complexities of measuring open source projects, including legal, ethical, organizational, and technical hurdles. Learn about the CHAOSS Project's efforts to improve metric development, strengthen existing metrics, and accelerate the creation of new ones. Gain insights on reporting visualization, best practices, and lessons learned from industry experts. Engage in discussions on user insights, comparing different projects, potential metric manipulation, and ethical considerations in open source measurement.

Introduction
Agenda
About Georg Link
What are metrics
Challenges
Legal Ethical Challenges
Organizational Challenges
Technical Challenges
Super Experts
Reporting Visualization
CHAOSS Project
Better Developing Practices
Stronger Metrics
Faster Metrics
Lessons Learned
Resources
Questions
User Insights
Comparing apples to apples
Gaming metrics
Ethical and legal challenges