It really is. It's not very long, but does a very good job of showing how complex the communities that create open source software are, and how different parts of the communities relate to each other - coders who are volunteers, coders who are paid by companies to work on the software, translators, artists, documentation writers, company liaisons, and so on. It also made me realize that hey, as soon as that AO3 translation thing is up and running, I'll actually be producing open source software myself. Which is awesome.
Also, lots of interesting analysis of how companies relate to and work together with communities while not alienating the volunteers. I'm wondering about that sort of thing a lot in relation to media companies and fans.
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Date: 2011-09-27 02:30 pm (UTC)Also, lots of interesting analysis of how companies relate to and work together with communities while not alienating the volunteers. I'm wondering about that sort of thing a lot in relation to media companies and fans.