Aspects of the Social Organization and Trajectory of the R Project

Authors

John Fox, McMaster University

Date of this Version

12-2009

Document Type

Article

Citation

The R Journal (December 2009) 1(2)

Comments

Copyright 2009, The R Foundation. Open access material. License: CC BY 3.0 Unported

Abstract

Based partly on interviews with members of the R Core team, this paper considers the development of the R Project in the context of open-source software development and, more generally, voluntary activities. The paper de scribes aspects of the social organization of the R Project, including the organization of the R Core team; describes the trajectory of the R Project; seeks to identify factors crucial to the success of R; and speculates about the prospects for R.