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Women contributions to open source software innovation: A social constructivist perspective

Mahmod, Musyrifah and Mohd Yusof, Shafiz Affendi and Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi (2010) Women contributions to open source software innovation: A social constructivist perspective. In: International Symposium in Information Technology (ITSim), 2010, 15-17 June 2010, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

The popularity of Open Source Software (OSS) is increasing as a platform for modern software innovation with the prominent concept of “freedom”. Freedom in OSS innovation is similar to freedom of speech not in term of price.However, less than 2% of the contributors are women in OSS innovation. Minorities including women are often ignored in OSS innovation process.The gender issues in OSS innovation might be more complex than what it seems, as female contributors are often experience hybrid discriminations, both from the male dominated OSS community and socio-cultural patriarchy.This paper concerns the questions of how innovation is achieved in open source software communities through social constructionist perspectives focusing on feminist views.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: ISSN : 2155-897 Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-6715-0
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions: College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User: Mdm. Musyrifah Mahmod
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2015 04:32
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2016 07:28
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15227

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