Requirements for design participation in Open Source Software communities
Flore Barcellini, Françoise Détienne · 2008
On the basis of our research on forms of participation in an Open Source Software Design (OSSD) community (Python), we investigate requirements to participate in OSSD, which is seen as a form of distributed participatory design. We outline that design participation is supported by socio-organizational roles, such as boundary-spanners. We assume that design participation, especially for end-users, can be improved by tools enhancing development of common ground, situation and social awareness within OSSD communities.