A Collective-Intelligence View on the Linux Kernel Developer Community

Authors:
Haoxiang Xia
Affiliations:
Dalian University Of Technology, China
Venue:
International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science
Year:
2010

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Abstract

With the rapid proliferation of all sorts of online communities, the knowledge creation and dissemination in these online communities have become a prominent social phenomenon. In this paper, one typical Open Source Software community-the online community of Linux kernel developers-is studied from the perspective of collective intelligence, to explore the social dynamics behind the success of the Linux kernel project. The Linux kernel developer community is modeled as a supernetwork of triple interwoven networks, namely a technological media network, a collaboration network of the developers, and a knowledge network. The development of the LDC is then an evolutionary process through which the supernetwork expands and the collective intelligence of the community develops. In this paper, a bottom-up approach is attempted to unravel this evolutionary process.