Open source software ecosystems are composed of a variety of stakeholders including but not limited to non-profit organizations, volunteer contributors, users, and corporations. The needs and motivations of these stakeholders are often diverse, unknown, and sometimes even conflicting given the engagement and investment of both volunteers and corporate actors. Given this, it is not clear how open source communities identify and engage with their stakeholders, understand their needs, and hold themselves accountable to those needs. We convened 24 expert scholars and practitioners studying and working with open source software communities for an exploratory workshop discussion on these ideas. The workshop titled "Accountability and Open Source Software Ecosystems" was organized on Oct 14-15 on campus in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. The purpose of this in-person workshop was to initiate conversations that explore important and urgent questions related to the role of accountability in open source software ecosystems, and to inspire an exciting research agenda and meaningful stakeholder engagement ideas for practitioners.

翻译：开源软件生态系统由包括但不限于非营利组织、志愿者贡献者、用户及企业在内的多元利益相关方构成。鉴于志愿者与企业参与者的投入与投资，这些利益相关方的需求与动机往往具有多样性、未知性，有时甚至存在冲突。在此背景下，开源社区如何识别并联系其利益相关方、理解其需求，并针对这些需求建立自我问责机制，尚不明确。我们召集了24位研究并参与开源软件社区的专家学者与实践者，围绕这些议题召开了探索性研讨会。本次题为“问责制与开源软件生态系统”的研讨会于10月14日至15日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市卡内基梅隆大学校园内举行。此次线下研讨会旨在启动相关对话，探讨开源软件生态系统中问责制角色的重要且紧迫的问题，并为实践者激发富有前景的研究议程与具有实质意义的利益相关方参与方案。