Internet, innovation, and open source: Actors in the network

Ilkka Tuomi · 2001 · First Monday

Summary. This paper examines how Linux developed through open source collaboration, analyzing the socio-technical dynamics that enabled its growth. The author combines community learning theory with actor-network theory to explain how open source development works, showing how the Linux development community evolved into an interconnected ecology of community-centered practices.

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Tuomi, I.. (2001). Internet, innovation, and open source: Actors in the network. First Monday. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v6i1.824

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DOI: 10.5210/fm.v6i1.824
Categories: innovation-networks, innovation-theory, broadband-and-digital, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28