| Publisher | Universita Degli Studi di Roma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 370.8KB PDF | Date added | 19 Nov 2003 |
| Topics | Linux - Open Source, Linux Server OS | ||
| Downloads | 22 | ||
This paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization.
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