Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Open Source; OSS; and Collaboration

Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities

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Title:Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities (ID: CSD4646)
Author(s):Jill Coffin
Source:First Monday
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Open source culture and practice emerged as software hackers took control over the production, ownership and distribution of their skilled work. This revolution, quiet and unnoticed by most, began over twenty years ago. Along the way, free and open source software hackers developed organizational and dialog structures to support their ethos, creating a successful model for collaboration. This paper applies traits common to successful free software and open source hacker communities as a framework to analyze three non–hacker collaborative communities.
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Community Source Springs Forth

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Title:Community Source Springs Forth (ID: CSD4025)
Author(s):Anna Jackson (NACUBO)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2005)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Implementing new administrative systems software takes time, but support for community source projects is gaining ground.
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