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FLOSS developers as a social formation
2004
First Monday
Each of these concepts can contribute to a better understanding of FLOSS as a social formation. ...
The term social formation refers to the types of social connections between developers. ...
doi:10.5210/fm.v9i11.1186
fatcat:fvthrt2h2nbsbguzx35fxn6moq
Facilitating Social Network Studies of FLOSS using the OSSNetwork Environment
[chapter]
2008
IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Please use the following format when citing this chapter: ...
Open source projects are typical examples of successful distributed software development projects. ...
A brief Social Network overview A social network is broadly defined as a set of relationships [18] . ...
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-09684-1_31
fatcat:oz2rmje75rbgzbup5fx4sjh334
FLOSS Communities as Learning Networks
2013
International Journal of Information and Education Technology
This paper discusses FLOSS communities as a prime example of learning networks, i.e. informal, interconnected sets of individuals mutually supporting shared knowledge acquisition and committed to self-defined ...
In particular, it addresses how the incorporation of a web-based, certification platform for Free / Libre Open Source Software in community culture and practice may increase the community impact both as ...
results in suitable, flexible formats to both FLOSS developers and users. ...
doi:10.7763/ijiet.2013.v3.280
fatcat:sixelh45ljc5zhigwkuhdgxbgq
Sociology of FLOSS upon Bridging Digital Divide in Turkey
2018
AJIT-e Online Academic Journal of Information Technology
This study argues that FLOSS has interlink and interdependent social benefits; technological benefits, economic benefits, adaptation technology, construction of local capacity, and shifting of paradigm ...
industry and strong FLOSS communities, Turkey has not achieved FLOSS benefits yet due mainly to no FLOSS policy, failure of Pardus project, lack of centre government support/interest, insufficient educational ...
Sociology of FLOSS FLOSS is a multidimensional movement which has economic, political, social and even cultural facets. ...
doi:10.5824/1309-1581.2018.3.013.x
fatcat:jr46ecrpwrgcpljpvmt2foddve
The Process of Introducing FLOSS in the Public Administration: The Case of Venezuela
2010
Journal of the AIS
Findings indicate that Venezuela's FLOSS migration process fuses the agendas of social inclusion, sovereignty, and freedom that the government is pursuing with the availability of a "Free Libre" technology ...
This study analyzes the mandatory FLOSS policies of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the initiatives associated with the adoption process. ...
Even though Venezuelan FLOSS policies use a discourse that includes elements beyond the economic perspective, the country adopted a more social approach to development. ...
doi:10.17705/1jais.00240
fatcat:y3pksgaurvgqtpkyqiu35h4hiu
Free/libre open source software implementation in schools: Evidence from the field and implications for the future
2008
Computers & Education
This also allows users to participate more proactively in the development and implementation process of a FLOSS-based system. ...
social organization of FLOSS are influenced by social forces and social practices. ...
Acknowledgements Special thanks to the students, teachers and technicians at the Keynes High School for sharing their experiences of being involved in the construction of the FLOSS-based educational infrastructure ...
doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2006.11.001
fatcat:a3lcvycp65amfekdi7yezrzbeu
The Divergent Anarcho-utopian Discourses of the Open Source Software Movement
2006
Canadian Journal of Communication
Résumé : Le discours sur la programmation libre est important à plusieurs égards, notamment dans la manière dont ses positions idéologiques se transforment en actions concrètes. ...
The utopian impulse evident in open source software development is therefore addressed from the perspective that the promises of liberation that inform its anarchy-inspired politics may be undermined by ...
In addition, it is the anarcho-utopian element of FLOSS that is most frequently cited as a model to be emulated and/or adapted to broader social formations and practices. ...
doi:10.22230/cjc.2005v30n4a1642
fatcat:r62jfjapsjclfhpqvm2lbzsgr4
Open Source Technology Development
[chapter]
2016
Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence
In this chapter, we introduce the practices of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) development as an instance of the convergence of technological affordances with novel social practices to create a ...
We then consider how FLOSS software might be used for various scientific applications, perhaps leading to a convergence of current distinct disciplines. ...
For FLOSS development processes include both software development practices and team social processes. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07052-0_29
fatcat:nhevmtnaibhktfdl6qqk7f25ie
Open Source Technology Development
[chapter]
2015
Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence
In this chapter, we introduce the practices of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) development as an instance of the convergence of technological affordances with novel social practices to create a ...
We then consider how FLOSS software might be used for various scientific applications, perhaps leading to a convergence of current distinct disciplines. ...
For FLOSS development processes include both software development practices and team social processes. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_29-1
fatcat:2kkc24hdk5dtvk7oelvjh5ecve
Open Source Technology Development
[chapter]
2015
Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence
In this chapter, we introduce the practices of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) development as an instance of the convergence of technological affordances with novel social practices to create a ...
We then consider how FLOSS software might be used for various scientific applications, perhaps leading to a convergence of current distinct disciplines. ...
For FLOSS development processes include both software development practices and team social processes. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_29-2
fatcat:tat4vh5r6nhlrihavgf42vy7d4
How the FLOSS Research Community Uses Email Archives
2012
International Journal of Open Source Software & Processes
Artifacts of the software development process, such as source code or emails between developers, are a frequent object of study in empirical software engineering literature. ...
It provides a classification of the relevant literature using a publicly-available online repository of papers about FLOSS development using email. ...
senders and recipients (which results in a social network for a FLOSS project). ...
doi:10.4018/jossp.2012010103
fatcat:kmu7hburhzazfkxqp646bgdleu
The Role of Face-to-Face Meetings in Technology-Supported Self-Organizing Distributed Teams
2007
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Based on a qualitative inductive analysis of data from interviews and observations at FLOSS conferences, we identify a variety of settings in which developers meet face-to-face, activities performed in ...
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, FLOSS developers generally do not meet face-to-face until the project is well under way. ...
The conference has the same general format as the ApacheCon. Conference
Description
OSDC. Open Source Developers'
Conference, an Australian
conference. ...
doi:10.1109/tpc.2007.902654
fatcat:bsnpjhxxhngcrd2thcpipff32i
Who Contributes to What? Exploring Hidden Relationships between FLOSS Projects
[chapter]
2014
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
To do this, we have performed a social network study to analyze data collected from the Ohloh repository. ...
In this paper we address the challenge of tracking resembling open source projects by exploiting the information of which developers contribute to which projects. ...
FLOSS software directories available; (b) the use of Ohloh repository makes FLOSS data available in a cleaned, unified and standard platform independent format. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_3
fatcat:au5a4uxay5gszd5gohdww2rrhy
Networked innovation and coalition formation: the effect of group-based social preferences
2017
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
We develop a private-collective model of public knowledge production in networked innovation systems, where group-based social preferences have an impact on the coalition formation of developers. ...
Furthermore, heterogeneity of social preferences is added to the model to study the formation of stable, but mixed coalitions. ...
as a social achievement. ...
doi:10.1080/10438599.2017.1378163
fatcat:yzjivxfxlregjjh32tuxwxpxne
Towards Open Collaborative Health Informatics - The Role of Free/Libre Open Source Principles
2011
IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics
as anticipated by members of the IMIA Open Source Working Group. ...
To allow FLOSS to positively influence Health IT in the future a "FLOSS-friendly" environment has to be provided. ...
The activities of the IMIA OS WG will be presented as well as a strategy for the further development of IMIA OS WG. ...
doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638740
fatcat:dcf5r2lhgbg73pyrtwb56hgr44
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