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Open source movements as a model for organising

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  • J Ljungberg

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Open source software such as the operating system Linux has in a few years created much attention as an alternative way to develop and distribute software. Open source is to let anyone have access to the source code, so that they can modify it. Open source can be seen as a movement, where communities of highly skilled programmers collectively develop software, often of a quality that outperforms commercial proprietary software. These movements are based on virtual networking on the Internet and the web. They are loosely coupled communities kept together by strong common values related to hacker culture. Work seems to be totally distributed, delegated and loosely coupled. The highly skilled members contribute to the collective effort of free software development. In this paper the open source phenomenon is investigated from different perspectives. It is claimed that the open source movement is one key to the understanding of future forms of organizations, information work and business.

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  • J Ljungberg, 2000. "Open source movements as a model for organising," European Journal of Information Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(4), pages 208-216, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjisxx:v:9:y:2000:i:4:p:208-216
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000373
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