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Authors
Schulte, Lukas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-2075
Mojica-Hanke, Anamaria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5292-2977
Linares-Vásquez, Mario https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-2888
Herbold, Steffen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9765-2803
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Passau
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Article History
Received: 22 May 2025
Accepted: 1 February 2026
First Online: 9 April 2026
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: This study adheres to the ethical guidelines of academic publications. The data analyzed in our study is based on publicly available information from software repositories. To ensure the protection of individual privacy and the responsible use of the data aggregated by this study, our additional datasets are published in a pseudonymized form. Furthermore, our research does not evaluate the quality of work of individual developers. Instead, we focus on analyzing anonymous and aggregated activities within software repositories.
: This study does not involve direct human participants and instead relies on publicly accessible data from software repositories. To respect individual privacy, our additional datasets are published in a pseudonymized form.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: Not applicable.
