Discursive construction of ‘user innovations’ in the open source software development context

• Published in: Information and organization Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 111 - 132
• Main Author: Iivari, Netta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2010; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Discourse; Innovations; Kundenintegration; Open Source; Open source software; Open source software development; Product development; Public domain; Softwareentwicklung; Studies; Textuality; User innovation; Discourse; Textuality; Open source software development; User innovation

This paper analyzes the discursive construction of user innovations in open source software (OSS) development. A review of the literature on user innovation is conducted, after which a refined conceptualization of this topic encompassing the Foucauldian and social shaping of technology traditions is...