Difference between revisions of "Free and open-source software/What is the motivation to contribute?"
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− | These are some reasons | + | 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 | ||
− | * | + | *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 03:36, 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