Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: a case study
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In this paper, the authors developed 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.About:
This article is published in Research Policy.The article was published on 2003-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 834 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Software development process & Open-source software development.read more
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Open Source Software and the 'Private-Collective' Innovation Model: Issues for Organization Science
Eric von Hippel,Georg von Krogh +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that open source software development is an exemplar of a compound "private-collective" model of innovation that contains elements of both the private investment and the collective action models and can offer society the "best of both worlds" under many conditions.
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Open Source Software and the Private-Collective Innovation Model: Issues for Organization Science
Eric von Hippel,Georg von Krogh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that open source software development is an exemplar of a compound "private-collective" model of innovation that contains elements of both the private investment and the collective action models and can offer society the best of both worlds under many conditions.
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Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects
Karim R. Lakhani,Robert Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: It is found that enjoyment-based intrinsic motivation, namely how creative a person feels when working on the project, is the strongest and most pervasive driver.
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Understanding the Motivations, Participation, and Performance of Open Source Software Developers: A Longitudinal Study of the Apache Projects
TL;DR: A theoretical model relating the motivations, participation, and performance of OSS developers is developed and it is suggested that past-performance rankings enhance developers' subsequent status motivations.
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Why Do Users Contribute to Firm-Hosted User Communities? The Case of Computer-Controlled Music Instruments
TL;DR: This paper studies the key personal attributes of the individuals responsible for innovations, namely the innovative users, to explain creation of value in this organizational context and finds that innovative users are likely to be lead users, an attribute that can be assumed to affect the quality of user innovation.
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