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The meaning of sharing in free software and beyond

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dc.title The meaning of sharing in free software and beyond en
dc.contributor.author Karger, Tomáš
dc.relation.ispartof Information Communication & Society
dc.identifier.issn 1369-118X Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued 2019
utb.relation.volume 22
utb.relation.issue 9
dc.citation.spage 1295
dc.citation.epage 1309
dc.type article
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Routledge
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1418016
dc.relation.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1418016?journalCode=rics20
dc.subject sharing en
dc.subject free software en
dc.subject open-source software en
dc.subject user-generated content en
dc.subject Facebook en
dc.description.abstract This study brings together findings about two contexts of sharing in order to explore the meaning of the word in the digital environment. First, this study is based on ethnographic research of free software projects and uses the resulting thick description to determine the meaning of sharing in this context. Second, the current literature on sharing usually takes user-generated content (UGC) platforms as its empirical reference, resulting in identifying a distinct meaning of sharing in this context. By combining the two sets of findings into a single narrative, this study makes three points: (1) the academic discourse on free software conceptualizing it as a form of gift-giving antithetical to the ways of capitalist production needs to be revised; (2) the use of sharing in the context of UGC platforms relies heavily on references to the culture of free software; (3) although representatives from both contexts claim to be taking part in the same sharing practices, there are substantial differences in the type of information being shared, the explicitness of the sharing mechanisms, and the organizational context of monetization of the shared objects. en
utb.faculty Faculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1008973
utb.identifier.obdid 43876892
utb.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85038833117
utb.identifier.wok 000473830200008
utb.source j-wok
dc.date.accessioned 2019-08-16T09:30:13Z
dc.date.available 2019-08-16T09:30:13Z
utb.ou Research Centre
utb.contributor.internalauthor Karger, Tomáš
utb.fulltext.affiliation Tomáš Karger Research Centre of Faculty of Humanities, Tomáš Baťa University, Zlín, Czech Republic
utb.fulltext.dates Received 28 March 2017 Accepted 12 December 2017
utb.wos.affiliation [Karger, Tomas] Tomas Bata Univ, Fac Humanities, Res Ctr, Zlin, Czech Republic
utb.fulltext.faculty Faculty of Humanities
utb.fulltext.ou Research Centre
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