Difference between revisions of "Open collaborative design/What is the motivation to contribute?"
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| − | There are many reasons | + | There are many reasons why someone might want to contribute to the 'universal commons': |
| − | * | + | *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 designs for them to build upon |
| − | *Satisfaction that other people can benefit from | + | *Satisfaction that other people can benefit from their efforts |
*People can customise things exactly how they want them | *People can customise things exactly how they want them | ||
| − | *Other people can evolve your design further which benefits you | + | *Other people can evolve your design further, which benefits you |
| − | * | + | *The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about to contributing to creative open projects |
*Respect from creating a great design that becomes widely used | *Respect from creating a great design that becomes widely used | ||
Revision as of 03:19, 31 January 2007
There are many reasons why someone might want to contribute to the 'universal commons':
- 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 designs for them to build upon
- Satisfaction that other people can benefit from their efforts
- People can customise things exactly how they want them
- Other people can evolve your design further, which benefits you
- The concept of 'copyleft' changes the way people think about to contributing to creative open projects
- Respect from creating a great design that becomes widely used
