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* Report: Peer Participation and Software: What Mozilla Has to Teach Government. by David R. Booth. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning, MIT Press 2010.
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"Firefox is a unique example of peer production both for its vast scale and for its combination of structured, hierarchical management with open, collaborative volunteer participation.
The purpose of this report is to address how and why the Mozilla Foundation is successful at organizing large-scale participation in the development of its software. What motivates Mozilla to solicit the expertise of anyone who wishes to provide her time and knowledge to the Mozilla enterprise? What motivates volunteers to participate?
In examining the answers to these questions, the goal is to explore what aspects of Mozilla’s open source approach to software development are transferable to government and civil society."