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Contextualising knowledge–making in Linux user groups
by
Khairil Yusof
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last modified
2004-11-17 04:29 PM
Contributors:
Yuwei Lin
Copyright ©2004, Yuwei Lin
This paper demonstrates the values of local tinkering, soft skills and tacit knowledge in FLOSS innovation. The author investigates how locally defined software problems and locally crafted solutions towards the problems are codified and translated into expert knowledge within FLOSS innovation through intense hands–on practices and ongoing debate. The process of translating local knowledge into formal expertise is analysed in light of data collected from the York Linux User Group (YLUG). This paper hopes to shed some more light on FLOSS development.
The link address is: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_11/lin/index.html
