01917 a2200397 4500 1138977683 20250317100410.0 250312042016GB 3 eng 9781138977686 Taylor & Francis GBP 49.99 BB 01 eng KJU thema KJE thema KJMV6 thema KJMV5 thema JHBL thema KJU bic KJE bic KJMV6 bic KJMV5 bic JHBL bic BUS000000 bisac BUS090000 bisac COM032000 bisac BUS098000 bisac COM039000 bisac COM051230 bisac 338.6 bisac Evangelia Berdou Organization in Open Source Communities At the Crossroads of the Gift and Market Economies 1 Oxford Routledge 20160120 164 p 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 organisation of F/OS communities, and a typology of commercial involvement in F/OS. The analysis reveals the diversity and evolution of F/OS communities and their connections with other socio-economic networks and institutional practices. The insights afforded by the book have implications for future research and the design and implementation of open source efforts. 2199 2199