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These are some reasons, although certainly not all:
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These are some reasons to contribute (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 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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*Companies can get help with the evolution of their software and increasing its robustness while making money from offering support packages
 
*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
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*Individuals 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
 
*Satisfaction that other people can benefit from their efforts

Revision as of 02:36, 31 January 2007

These are some reasons to contribute (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
  • Individuals 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

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