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I conducted a survey about motives and factors that encourage individuals to voluntary participate in FLOSS communities - communities which support free/ libre/ open-source software or the related philosophy and movement. In my talk at Webcamp Ljubljana I presented the main principles of FLOSS, my experience as a participant in FLOSS movement and cruicial findings of my research.
I conducted a survey about motives and factors that encourage individuals to voluntary participate in FLOSS communities - communities which support free/ libre/ open-source software or the related philosophy and movement. In my talk at Webcamp Ljubljana I presented the main principles of FLOSS, my experience as a participant in FLOSS movement and cruicial findings of my research.
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Population
Duration of contributing:
84% for 1-15 years or more
Time dedicated to contributing:
75% 1 - 10 hours/ week
almost 25% 1 - 40 hours/ week
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Demography
Gender:
87% male
10% female
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Demography
Education level:
70% bachelor's, masters, PhD | 24% high school
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1.1 Intrinsic motivation,
self-determination
- joy, enjoyment, satisfaction, accomplishment,
fulfilment, happiness
- fun!
- challenge
- feeling of competence and effectiveness
- expressing creativity, create and invent
- personal friendships
- getting to know how technologies work
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1.2 Altruism
- helping others
- sharing knowledge and experience
- giving back to the community as a user
- benefits for the public good
- contributing to transformation of technologies and
society in general
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1.3 Community
- being part of a community - belonging,
acceptance, connection, happiness
- expressing ideas and opinions - being heard,
valued, included
- events
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2.1 Future rewards
a) Career and job opportunities
- looking for job opportunities
- better job opportunities and enhancement of my
career
b) Monetary rewards
“I wish to be paid for this kind of work in the future.”
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2.1 Future rewards
c) Human capital, self-development
- new knowledge, skills and experiences
- need skills and knowledge I gain in the community
for my job
- peer recognition
- building & widening network of peers
- socialising & creating with like-minded & inspiring
people
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2.1 Future rewards
d) Self-marketing, reputation-building
- building reputation, self-promotion, becoming
more marketable
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2. External motivators
2.1 Future rewards
2.2 Personal needs
- modifying technologies or creating new solutions
for myself
- contributing to better products and solutions;
creating, experimenting