Difference between revisions of "Free and open-source software/What is the motivation to contribute?"
From AdCiv
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
*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 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 | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Companies can get help with the evolution of their software and increasing its robustness while making money from offering support packages | ||
*They are contributing to the wider the community that has freely offered software for them to build upon | *They are contributing to the wider the community that has freely offered software for them to build upon | ||
| Line 12: | Line 14: | ||
*Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used | *Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used | ||
| − | <noinclude>{{refresh| | + | <noinclude>{{refresh|Free and open-source software}}</noinclude> |
Revision as of 03:35, 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
- Companies can get help with the evolution of their software and increasing its robustness while making money from offering support packages
- 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
