oops 1 more paper!

sorry, this got lost in my massive in-box :)

Authors:
von Krogh, Georg, Stefan Haelfliger & Sebastian Spaeth
Title:
Collective Action and Communal Resources in Open Source Software 
Development:The Case of Freenet
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/vonkroghhaefligerspaeth.pdf

Abstract:
Building on resource mobilization theory, we explore three distinct 
rewards for individuals to engage in innovative collective action, 
namely open source software development. The three rewards, which we 
term communal resources, are reputation, control over technology, and 
learning opportunities. The collective action (the open source software 
development project) produces the communal resources in parallel with 
the actual product (software) and mobilizes programmers to spend time 
and effort, and contribute their knowledge to the project. Communal 
resources appear as a byproduct to the production process and represent 
a public good of second order. We show that they increase in value for 
individuals along with their involvement in the community. Empirical 
data from Freenet, an open source software project for peer-to-peer 
software, illustrates both the levels of involvement and the communal 
resources.
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Karim R. Lakhani
MIT Sloan School of Management
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The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy Practice Initiative
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