Deconstructing written rules and hierarchy in peer produced software communities

We employ recent advances in computational institutional analysis and NLP to investigate the systems of authority that are reflected in the written policy documents of the ASF. Our study to decipher the effective similarities or departures of the ASF model from conventional software companies reveal...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-06
Main Authors: Chakraborti, Mahasweta, Bulat, Beril, Zhong, Qiankun, Sen, Anamika, Frey, Seth
Format: Article
Language:English
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Software
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Summary:We employ recent advances in computational institutional analysis and NLP to investigate the systems of authority that are reflected in the written policy documents of the ASF. Our study to decipher the effective similarities or departures of the ASF model from conventional software companies reveals evidence of both flat and bureaucratic governance in a peer production set up, suggesting a complicated relationship between business-based theories of administrative hierarchy and foundational principles of the OSS movement.
ISSN:2331-8422