Comment by xpe

For those interested in social science research, there are many ways to explore this empirically. You could mix and match some of the following approaches:

1. Ask a high-quality LLM in research mode to gather empirical statistics on how different GitHub projects are setup.

2. Put human eyes on the data you find, look for patterns, see what is interesting. (I recommend reading on approaches that promote transparency about the order in which you collect data, form hypotheses, etc.)

3. Put on your anthropologist hat and do open-ended interviews with project maintainers.

And so on.