Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: A case study. Research Policy: Special Issue On Open Source Software Development Export

@article{citeulike:1677701, abstract = {"This paper develops an inductive theory of the open source software innovation process by focussing on the creation of Freenet, a project aimed at developing a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer electronic file sharing network. We are particularly interested in the strategies and processes by which new people join the existing community of software developers, and how they initially contribute code. Analyzing data from multiple sources on the Freenet software development process, we generate the constructs of "joining script", "specialization", "contribution barriers", and "feature gifts", and propose relationships among these. Implications for theory and research are discussed."}, author = {Krogh}, citeulike-article-id = {1677701}, keywords = {action, collective, community, innovation, open, software, source, teams, virtual}, posted-at = {2007-09-20 01:39:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: A case study. Research Policy: Special Issue On Open Source Software Development}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1677701 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1677701 N2 - "This paper develops an inductive theory of the open source software innovation process by focussing on the creation of Freenet, a project aimed at developing a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer electronic file sharing network. We are particularly interested in the strategies and processes by which new people join the existing community of software developers, and how they initially contribute code. Analyzing data from multiple sources on the Freenet software development process, we generate the constructs of "joining script", "specialization", "contribution barriers", and "feature gifts", and propose relationships among these. Implications for theory and research are discussed." TI - Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: A case study. Research Policy: Special Issue On Open Source Software Development KW - action KW - collective KW - community KW - innovation KW - open KW - software KW - source KW - teams KW - virtual AU - Krogh PY - 2003/// ER -