|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910459190403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Berdou Evangelia |
|
|
Titolo |
Organization in open source communities : at the crossroads of the gift and market economy / / Evangelia Berdou |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-136-97324-9 |
1-136-97325-7 |
1-282-91332-8 |
9786612913327 |
0-203-85197-8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (164 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; ; 15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Open source software - Economic aspects |
Open source software - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
This book contributes new insights into the organization of free/open source (F/OS) software communities by examining the links between learning, division of labour 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 |
|
|
|
|