Motives for sharing Motives for contributing to open source

Good Reasons for Contributing to Open Source Projects Over 75% of the active Linux kernel developers are paid by about 200 different companies

• Motives for contributing to open source - Google Search
• Good Reasons for Contributing to Open Source Projects
• Top 10 Reasons Your Company Should Contribute to Open Source Projects
• reputation for being open
• attracting and hiring talent
• productive
• training and documentation
• morale and pride
• community support
• influence projects
• partnerships with other
• use open source effictively
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• context ** open source software ** open source content
• Personal Values ** Achievement ** Self-direction ** Benevolence ** Universalism
• Contribution Motivations ** Reputation-building ** Self development ** Altruism
• Company contributions to open source | Opensource.com
• training via contribution ** sound software engineering practices ** quality assurance ** leadership ** communication skills ** teamwork (often across geographic and cultural boundaries) ** efficient in using the software, ** reduce the cost of incremental feature development ** return future maintenance ** create value added services related to the project.

“Your competitors would rather fail than acknowledge your expertise and follow in your footsteps using your intellectual property. They don’t want your IP because it’s worthless, and they are sure of it. So, contributing that new feature that is so important to your business is likely going to create zero buzz at your competitor’s HQ, yet still give you the benefits discussed above.”

• ways to contribute ** Blog about open source adoption and contribution (e.g. Netflix). ** Partner with an open source project for a case study. ** Speak at a technical conference. ** Offer to host meet-ups for the project. ** Donate to or participate in foundations associated with projects (e.g. OSI, OuterCurve, Eclipse Foundation, and others).
• Multi-Disciplinary Advancement in Open Source Software and Processes - Google Books
• Open-source movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Show Me The Money: The New Open Source Motivation
• 10 Reasons Open Source Is Good for Business | PCWorld

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Download The Free Linux Foundation Publication - Collaborative Development Trends Report 2014 “collaborative software development is on the rise within their own organization and across industries”

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collaborative software development is on the rise within their own organization and across industries

• Companies use collaborative software development to meet objectives and follow industry innovation
• Rising Investments in collaborative software development
• Individuals and businesses benefit from collaboration

Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business - O’Reilly Media

• PayPal 2:1 over credit cards
• WordPress very popular
• Open source hosting alternatives 2:1 cost advantage
• Webhosting : 60% SMBs, 11% non-profits. 22% Personal.
• 75% sitebuilder. 6% family member. 13% professional
• Mostly informational. 14% store.
• 20% : 50% of money from web.
• businesses small. 15% > $50,000/year.
• mostly PHP/JavaScript
• SMBs thought to be 50% of GDP
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• Multi-Disciplinary Advancement in Open Source Software and Processes - Google Books
• Open-source movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Show Me The Money: The New Open Source Motivation
• It takes an open-source village to make commercial software | ZDNet
• Download The Free Linux Foundation Publication - Collaborative Development Trends Report 2014
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• “Collaborative Development Trends Report 2014” type:pdf - Google Search
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