OSS design communities: an emergent form of distributed participatory design
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Our research provides insights about an emergent form of distributed participatory design occurring in open source software communities. Our research contributions are
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Design Communities: An Emergent Form of Distributed Participatory Design
Our research provides insights about an emergent form of distributed participatory design occurring in open source software communities. Our research contributions are
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