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    ISBN: 9780415480420
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 145 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology 15
    Parallel Title: Print version Organization in Open Source Communities : At the Crossroads of the Gift and Market Economies
    DDC: 338.6
    Keywords: Open source software Economic aspects ; Open source software Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book contributes new insights into the organization of free/open source (F/OS) software communities by examining the links between learning, division of labor and commercialization, demonstrating the need for a synthesis of work on both community organization and cooperation to understand F/OS community dynamics. These aspects are examined in the light of detailed case studies of the GNOME and KDE projects. This book offers an innovative theoretical framework, a critical assessment of various methodologies for examining the organization of F/OS communities, and a typology of commercial in
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionTechnologies of communities and peer production: disentagling power relations in FL/OSS development -- FL/OSS as an object of research: methodological and disciplinary issues -- Commercial involvement and FL/OSS -- The community, the firm and the two economies -- Learning and the division of labour in FL/OSS -- The story so far: technologies of communities and peer production -- Conclusions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acronyms; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Technologies of Communities and Peer Production: Disentangling Power Relations in FL/OSS Development; 3 FL/OSS as an Object of Research: Methodological and Disciplinary Issues; 4 Commercial Involvement and FL/OSS; 5 The Community, the Firm and the Two Economies; 6 Learning and the Division of Labour in FL/OSS; 7 The Story So Far: Technologies of Communities and Peer Production; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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