Title
Internet, Innovation, and Open Source: Actors in the Network
Author
Ilkka Tuomi, SITRA, The Finnish National Fund for Research and Development
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2001)
(Original Publish Date: 2001)
Abstract
This paper describes the evolution of the Linux operating system, and studies dynamics of socio-technical change using Linux as a case example. Theoretical models of community-based practice and learning are combined with actor-network theory, and the characteristics open source development model are described using the introduced theoretical concepts. The paper analyses the growth and development of Linux and its development community, and shows how the development community evolves into an ecology of community-centered practices.