论文标题
赞助商对自由软件社区组织结构的影响
The influence of sponsors on organizational structure of free software communities
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论文摘要
最初，自由软件社区的特征是自我管理，但是它们也受公共和私人组织的影响，这些公共组织和私人组织确定了使用地理分布式生产模型的潜在收益。在这种情况下，本研究旨在回答以下问题：赞助商是否通过促进赞助和非赞助社区之间的差异来影响自由软件社区的组织结构？赞助商采取了哪些策略来影响自由软件社区的组织结构？研究的两个结构是研究的核心：组织结构和赞助。在这项研究中，我们研究了案例研究方法，并研究了三个自由软件社区。在对结果的分析中，人们证明赞助商会影响决策，对社区关键角色的定义以及对规范的形式化。反过来，不支持社区的特征是规范的集中化和非正式。我们得出的结论是，在赞助和不支持的自由软件社区的组织结构中发现了差异，并且这种差异受赞助商的影响。此外，还可以描述赞助商使用的策略和机制来影响社区组织结构。
Initially, free software communities are characterized by selfmanagement, however, they were also influenced by public and private organizations that identified potential gains in the use of the geographically distributed production model. In this context, this research aims to answer the following questions: Do sponsors influence the organizational structures of free software communities by promoting differences between sponsored and non-sponsored communities? What strategies are adopted by the sponsor to influence the organizational structure of free software communities? Two constructs are central to the study: organizational structure and sponsorship. For this research, we adopted case study methodology and three free software communities were studied. In the analysis of the results it was evidenced that sponsors influence decision making, definition of community key roles, and a formalization of norms. In turn, nonsponsored communities were characterized by the centralization and informality of the norms. We conclude that differences were identified in the organizational structure of sponsored and nonsponsored free software communities, and this differentiation was influenced by sponsors. In addition, it was possible to describe strategies and mechanisms used by sponsors to influence the community organizational structure.
