Online innovation and collaboration in the creation of free software

Advances in information technologies have led to user-centered innovation of artifacts from cyber culture. This advent of capitalism causes the emergence of approaches that contemplate collective and immaterial production in force in open source software communities. From a post-structuralist perspective, 6 interviews, 2 videos and an online discussion list were analyzed to appreciate the process of building the hegemonic discourse from the logic of equivalence, difference and fantasy. It was found that the speeches of the developers symbolize a presence yet to come, with the particular demands diluted in an equivalence chain that encompasses the largest number of claims, and that there is an effort to create an incessant process of generating value by overcoming the community frontiers, continuously articulating stakeholders to access resources and generate joint solutions in the innovation process.

Keywords:
innovation with free software; online collaboration; pug-pe community; discourse theory; speech analysis

Authorship

Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro Académico do Agreste, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão, Inovação e Consumo, Caruaru, PE, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro Académico do Agreste, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão, Inovação e Consumo, Caruaru, PE, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro Académico do Agreste, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão, Inovação e Consumo, Caruaru, PE, Brasil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-9300

Fernando Gomes de Paiva Jr.

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Recife, PE, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Recife, PE, BrasilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Recife, PE, Brasil

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5715-3882

Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4158-6995

Marconi Freitas da Costa

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-8359

AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS

The authors declare that they participated in all stages of development of the manuscript. Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes and Fernando Gomes de Paiva Júnior worked on the conceptualization and theoretical-methodological approach. The theoretical review was conducted by Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes. Data collection was coordinated by Marconi Freitas da Costa. Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes, Fernando Gomes de Paiva Júnior, Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes and Marconi Freitas da Costa participated in the data analysis. All authors participated in the writing and final review of the manuscript.

Guest Scientific Editor Adriana Backx Noronha Viana

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The discourses of fantasy

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Five-step research process

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The equivalences of the "successful community" signifying chain

Figure 1 The discourses of fantasy

Exhibit 1 Five-step research process

IDENTIFY PUG PE

Develop a dense description of the context

Unstructured interviews

Documents and published works of the group

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Coding in NVIVO

OUTLINE THE STORIESTHAT MAKE UPTHE GROUP'S DISCOURSES

Search in the online databases of Python Brazil and International

Access magazines of free online software

Access the online mailing list

Identify the lectures and videos of the group members

Semi-structured interviews

EXPLORE THE DISCOURSE REITERATION STRATEGIES IN THE AGENTS

Analyze the online mailing list

Identify and highlight key leaders

IDENTIFY THE STRATEGIES FORTHE CONSTRUCTION OFTHE GROUP'S DISCOURSE

Identify equivalences, differences and fantasies

Interpret these discourses

INVESTIGATE THE CONSTRUCTION LOGIC IN THE COMMUNITY'S DISCOURSE

Inferences about the hegemonic component in the discourses of the developers of PUG-PE communities

Exhibit 2 The equivalences of the "successful community" signifying chain

Mailing Lists – § 1 coded reference [33.71% Coverage]	Hello guys After giving more than 20 lectures in February alone, with an estimated audience of more than 3,500 people who have watched these videos, we're very happy to receive the staff and speakers who have been involved in the cause [---] We're promoting improvements in the hangout app in partnership with PyCursos/Pingmind that will make it even easier to promote the talks throughout the month. The lectures are free and any person can participate! If you have some Python-related ideas or projects, here's a great opportunity for you to present what you know to people who are interested in the subject or experts on Python, networking and sharing technical experiences.
Mailing Lists – § 3 coded references [47.55% Coverage] reference 1 [36.39% Coverage]	Hello everyone, I would like to congratulate everyone involved in holding the III PUG-PE Meeting today at the Informatics Center-UFPE. I'd like to say that I was very happy today to see a number of people that I never imagined for our meeting. A lot of people stopped me in the hallways, asking: "Is this where the meeting's happening?!" I couldn't believe it! This is proof of the effort and work we're doing to keep this group moving forward. I'm not exaggerating, but we have all the potential to become a host-candidate in the coming years of Python-Brazil. Proof of that?! Today we had people from Alagoas (PUG-AL), people from Paraíba and people from Recife. This integration is fantastic!
Mailing Lists – § 1 coded reference [11.35% Coverage]	Guys, I tell you with great satisfaction that the article about our community was published in Revista Espírito Livre (Free Spirit Magazine), one of the most outstanding Brazilian magazines about free software. The article is on page 72!! http://revista.espiritolivre.org/pdf/Revista_EspiritoLivre_029_agosto2011.pdf Congratulations to everyone here, you built this: Onwards!
Mailing Lists – § 3 coded references [17.08% Coverage]	Guys, I inform you that the group of Python users from Pernambuco has joined the Células Empreendedoras (Entrepreneurial Cells) network. This followed the formalization of the group, which has become our first python entrepreneurial cell. I believe this group can motivate and lead the creation of Python cells throughout the state. May this group serve as an example for many of us, with the entrepreneurial organization it has.

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[1] AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS

The authors declare that they participated in all stages of development of the manuscript. Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes and Fernando Gomes de Paiva Júnior worked on the conceptualization and theoretical-methodological approach. The theoretical review was conducted by Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes. Data collection was coordinated by Marconi Freitas da Costa. Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes, Fernando Gomes de Paiva Júnior, Osiris Luis da Cunha Fernandes and Marconi Freitas da Costa participated in the data analysis. All authors participated in the writing and final review of the manuscript.