@mastersthesis {1438,
	title = {Software Libre y abierto: comunidades y redes de producción digital de bienes comunes},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {269 pages},
	school = {Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México},
	address = {Ciudad de México, México},
	abstract = {This thesis is about a collective form of production that have expanded and strengthen in the global high technology market. It is about FLOSS production. 

The study takes on account that technnologies are not neutral, they emerge as strategies and mechanisms of politics and economic interests. 

Although, FLOSS production is inserted in the capitalist context, the collective work of the communities and networks that produce it is based on ideas about freedom and solidarity.

The types of rules and organization of labour inside of this communities have develop a kind of product that it is well categorized as part of the new commons.

The conclusions at the end of this work pretend to offer a clear approach to the FLOSS production networks dynamics inside the virtual infrastructure. Specifically, it offers an approach of the interaction and forms of cooperation, as well of the individual and collective schemas that motivates the cooperation action of the individuals.},
	keywords = {bienes comunes, commons, comunidades virtuales, FLOSS, flossmole, hackers, redes virtuales, repositories, repositorios, Software libre y abierto, virtual communities, virtual networks},
	url = {http://132.248.9.195/ptd2012/agosto/406008604/Index.html},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Tesis.pdf},
	author = {Tania E. Turner Sen}
}
@article {1382,
	title = {Analysis of virtual communities supporting OSS projects using social network analysis},
	journal = {Information and Software Technology},
	volume = {52},
	year = {2010},
	month = {3/2010},
	pages = {296 - 303},
	abstract = {This paper analyses the behaviour of virtual communities for Open Source Software (OSS) projects. The development of OSS projects relies on virtual communities, which are built on relationships among members, being their final objective sharing knowledge and improving the underlying project. This study addresses the interactive collaboration in these kinds of communities applying social network analysis (SNA). In particular, SNA techniques will be used to identify those members playing a middle-man role among other community members. Results will illustrate the importance of this role to achieve successful virtual communities.},
	keywords = {arm, email, Knowledge brokers, linux, mailing list, open source software, social network analysis, virtual communities},
	issn = {09505849},
	doi = {10.1016/j.infsof.2009.10.007},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584909001888},
	author = {Toral, S.L. and Mart{\'\i}nez-Torres, M.R. and Barrero, F.}
}
@article {1084,
	title = {Dynamics of innovation in an "open source" collaboration environment: lurking, laboring, and launching FLOSS projects on SourceForge},
	journal = {Industrial and Corporate Change},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2008},
	note = {"For the purposes of this study, we are able to draw upon micro-level data pertaining to the activities undertaken during the period between the beginning of September 2000 and December 2002 by the entire cohort of 222,835 individuals who had registered on SF.net during the 14 months from September 1, 2000 through October 26, 2001."
"The statistical analysis in this article is based upon an edited dataset (referred to here as the SFnetDataset) covering the SourceForge cohort of 222,835 individuals who registered on SF.net during the 14 months from September 1, 2000 through October 26, 2001."
They appear to be using their own dataset which is from 2000-2001 even though this paper is from 2008},
	month = {07/2008},
	pages = {647 - 710},
	abstract = {A systems analysis perspective is adopted to examine the critical properties of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) mode of innovation, as reflected on the SourceForge platform (SF.net). This approach re-scales March{\textquoteright}s (1991) framework and applies it to characterize the {\textquotedblleft}innovation system{\textquotedblright} of a {\textquotedblleft}distributed organization{\textquotedblright} of interacting agents in a virtual collaboration environment, rather than to innovation within a firm. March (1991) views the process of innovation at the organizational level as the coupling of sub-processes of exploration and exploitation. Correspondingly, the innovation system of the virtual collaboration environment represented by SF.net is an emergent property of two {\textquotedblleft}coupled{\textquotedblright} processes: one involves the interactions among agents searching the locale for information and knowledge resources to use in designing novel software products (i.e., exploration), and the other involves the mobilization of individuals{\textquoteright} capabilities for application in the software development projects that become established on the platform (i.e., exploitation). The micro-dynamics of this system are studied empirically by constructing transition probability matrices representing the movements of 222,835 SF.net users among seven different activity states, which range from {\textquotedblleft}lurking{\textquotedblright} (not contributing or contributing to projects without becoming a member) to {\textquotedblleft}laboring{\textquotedblright} (joining one or more projects as members), and to {\textquotedblleft}launching{\textquotedblright} (founding one or more projects) within each successive 6-month interval. The estimated probabilities are found to form first-order Markov chains describing ergodic processes. This makes it possible the computation of the equilibrium distribution of agents among the states, thereby suppressing transient effects and revealing persisting patterns of project joining and project launching. The latter show the FLOSS innovation process on SF.net to be highly dissipative: a very large proportion of the registered {\textquotedblleft}developers{\textquotedblright} fail to become even minimally active on the platform. There is nevertheless an active core of mobile project joiners, and a (still smaller) core of project founders who persist in creating new projects. The structure of these groups{\textquoteright} interactions (as displayed within the 3-year period examined) is investigated in detail, and it is shown that it would be sufficient to sustain both the exploration and exploitation phases of the platform{\textquoteright}s global dynamics.},
	keywords = {contributors, core, developers, roles, SFnetDataset, sourceforge, users, virtual communities, virtual organization, virtual organizations},
	issn = {1464-3650},
	doi = {10.1093/icc/dtn026},
	author = {David, P. A. and Rullani, F.}
}
@article {126,
	title = {Investigating recognition-based performance in an open content community: A social capital perspective},
	journal = {Information \& Management},
	volume = {44},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	note = {Times Cited: 0},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {240-252},
	abstract = {As the open source movement grows, it becomes important to understand the dynamics that affect the motivation of participants who contribute their time freely to such projects. One important motivation that has been identified is the desire for formal recognition in the open source community. We investigated the impact of social capital in participants{\textquoteright} social networks on their recognition-based performance; i.e., the formal status they are accorded in the community. We used a sample of 465 active participants in the Wikipedia open content encyclopedia community to investigate the effects of two types of social capital and found that network closure, measured by direct and indirect ties, had a significant positive effect on increasing participants{\textquoteright} recognition-based performance. Structural holes had mixed effects on participants{\textquoteright} status, but were generally a source of social capital. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {open content, recognition-based performance, social capital, social networks, social status, virtual communities},
	isbn = {0378-7206},
	author = {Okoli, C. and Oh, Wonseok}
}
