This study considers commons‐based peer production (CBPP) by examining the organizational processes of the free/libre open‐source software community, Drupal. It does so by exploring the sociotechnical systems that have emerged around both Drupal's development and its face‐to‐face communitarian events. There has been criticism of the simplistic nature of previous research into free software; this study addresses this by linking studies of CBPP with a qualitative study of Drupal's organizational processes. It focuses on the evolution of organizational structures, identifying the intertwined dynamics of formalization and decentralization, resulting in coexisting sociotechnical systems that vary in their degrees of organicity.

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在不失去控制的情况下放松控制：基于公地的对等生产中的形式化和分散化

本研究通过检查自由/自由开源软件社区 Drupal 的组织流程来考虑基于公共的对等生产 (CBPP)。它通过探索围绕 Drupal 的发展及其面对面的社区活动而出现的社会技术系统来实现这一目标。有人批评以前对自由软件的研究过于简单化。本研究通过将 CBPP 研究与 Drupal 组织过程的定性研究联系起来来解决这个问题。它侧重于组织结构的演变，确定形式化和权力下放的相互交织的动态，导致共存的社会技术系统在有机程度方面有所不同。