Difference between revisions of "Free and open-source software/What is the motivation to contribute?"
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*Satisfaction that many other people can potentially benefit from your efforts | *Satisfaction that many other people can potentially benefit from your efforts | ||
− | * | + | *Customise software to work exactly how you, or your company, want it to |
− | *The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about | + | *The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about collaborating and giving their time to open projects |
*Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used | *Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used |
Latest revision as of 00:51, 20 April 2007
Here are some reasons to 'open-source' a project or contribute to one:
- Find other people to work with you on your project, enable you to do things you 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, or simply use no strings attached
- Satisfaction that many other people can potentially benefit from your efforts
- Customise software to work exactly how you, or your company, want it to
- The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about collaborating and giving their time to open projects
- Respect from creating a great software that becomes widely used