Difference between revisions of "Free and open-source software/What is the motivation to contribute?"
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| + | *They can find other people to work with them on their project, enable them to do things they couldn’t do alone, or significantly speed things up | ||
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| + | *They are contributing to the wider the community that has freely offered software for them to build upon | ||
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| + | *Satisfaction that other people can benefit from their efforts | ||
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| + | *People can customise software to work exactly how they want | ||
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| + | *The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about to contributing to creative open projects | ||
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| + | *Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used | ||
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Revision as of 03:31, 31 January 2007
These are some reasons, although certainly not all:
- They can find other people to work with them on their project, enable them to do things they couldn’t do alone, or significantly speed things up
- They are contributing to the wider the community that has freely offered software for them to build upon
- Satisfaction that other people can benefit from their efforts
- People can customise software to work exactly how they want
- The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about to contributing to creative open projects
- Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used
