| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 145 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
RIOT, Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 15 |
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Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 15.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Technologies 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Open source software -- Economic aspects
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Open source software -- Social aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Open Source.
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Organisatorischer Wandel.
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Governance-Ansatz.
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Arbeitsgruppe.
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Wissensmanagement.
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Lernende Organisation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009045974 |
| ISBN |
9780203851975 |
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0203851978 |
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9781136973253 |
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1136973257 |
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9781136973208 |
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1136973206 |
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9781136973246 |
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1136973249 |
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9781138977686 |
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1138977683 |
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1282913328 |
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9781282913325 |
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9786612913327 |
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6612913320 |
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