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[News] [OSS] Survey Finds Why People Contribute for Free, OSS Companies Capitalise on It

  • Subject: [News] [OSS] Survey Finds Why People Contribute for Free, OSS Companies Capitalise on It
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:24:16 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Why Do People Write Free Documentation? Results of a Survey

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| This article summarizes some of the debates concerning online gifting, 
| presents the results of my survey, and attempts to analyze the meaning of the 
| results. In order to maintain a flow, I've relegated most discussions of 
| methodology to sidebars.   
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/06/14/why-do-people-write-free-documentation-results-of-a-survey.html

A company takes advantage of 'free labour' whose fruits go both ways:

Hyperic rolls out HyperForge site

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| Hyperic has launched HyperForge, a new open source development site through 
| which it intends to build a community for the development of plug-ins for its 
| Hyperic HQ systems management software.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| The company's infrastructure includes a Java-based application running on 
| Resin application server and Apache web servers, Novell's SUSE Linux 
| distribution, PostgreSQL databases and the EXT3 file system.  
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D4A6E2E7-6C66-441C-83D7-71A4CE46DA49

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