Would you do it again
for free?
Stormy Peters
OpenLogic

Playing: Fun or Good?

Nuclear Waste: 50%
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Nuclear Waste: 25%
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NYC Schools

Israeli
Daycare
Parents

Make
them pay

Late
Forever

Would you do it
again for free?

Success

Dream
Jobs

Will they quit?

40% are paid
contributors
Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open S

You would, but
would they?

Company
change
project?

What
motivates
developers?

Why?

Extrinsic
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TOP motivators are
internal
Does Pay Motivate Volunteers?
Why Hackers Do What They Do
Norms, Rewards, and Their Effect on the Motivation of
Motivation Crowding Theory

Intrinsic
Motivations

Interesting

Learn = 20% raise

Creative
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Need
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Skills

Clever

Fame

Do the
Right Thing

1/3 feel software
should be open
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Developer
Motivations

Payment

Is payment
normal?
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Performance
or
Completeness

Employment

In Kind

Bounties

Grants
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Real world?

Have
projects
failed?

Inequality
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Where do people go?
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by Rails
Ru
OSSDiscovery

Would it really be
the same?

Hunter Gatherers
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Agriculture

Left brain jobs

Creators

Design
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Dream
Jobs

Company
Methods

Dictate

create
company
way
create
my
way

Frustrated?

Creators

Help
corporations
do the right thing

Show them

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