Rozas David, Huckle Steven
Faculty of Computer Science, Research Group on Agent-Based, Social and Interdisciplinary Applications, Department of Computer Science Complutense University of Madrid Madrid Spain.
Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford UK.
J Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2021 Feb;72(2):204-223. doi: 10.1002/asi.24393. Epub 2020 Jun 16.
This study considers commons-based peer production (CBPP) by examining the organizational processes of the free/libre open-source software community, Drupal. It does so by exploring the sociotechnical systems that have emerged around both Drupal's development and its face-to-face communitarian events. There has been criticism of the simplistic nature of previous research into free software; this study addresses this by linking studies of CBPP with a qualitative study of Drupal's organizational processes. It focuses on the evolution of organizational structures, identifying the intertwined dynamics of formalization and decentralization, resulting in coexisting sociotechnical systems that vary in their degrees of organicity.
本研究通过考察免费/自由开源软件社区Drupal的组织过程来探讨基于共同体的对等生产(CBPP)。它通过探索围绕Drupal开发及其面对面社区活动所出现的社会技术系统来做到这一点。以往对自由软件的研究存在简单化的问题,受到了批评;本研究通过将CBPP研究与对Drupal组织过程的定性研究相联系来解决这一问题。它关注组织结构的演变,识别形式化和去中心化的相互交织的动态,从而产生了有机程度不同但并存的社会技术系统。