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Motivation of Software Developers in Open Source Projects: An Internet-Based Survey of Contributors to the Linux Kernel

Overview The motives of 141 contributors to a large Open Source Software project (the Linux kernel) are explored with an internet-based questionnaire study. Measured factors were both derived from discussions within the Linux community as well as from models from social sciences. Participants' engagement was particularly determined by their identification as a Linux developer, by pragmatic motives to improve own software, and by their tolerance of time investments. Moreover, some of the software development was accomplished by teams. Activities in these teams were particularly determined by participants' evaluation of the team goals as well as by their perceived indispensability and self-efficacy.

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Publisher	University of Kiel	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2003
Format	White Papers
Topics	Linux - Open Source, Application Development

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