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Open Source Makes Waves In Africa
smarquard writes "Open source has arrived in Africa in a big way. Idlelo: First African Conference on the Digital Commons, in almost-the-southern-tip-of-Africa Cape Town from 11-15 Jan 04, has attracted a strong lineup of African OSS advocates, as well as international OSS and IPR figures like Richard Stallman (FSF), Loic Dachary (FSF France), Rishab Ghosh (Infonomics), Wendy Seltzer (EFF) and Dimo Calovski (UNCTAD). Could this be the turning point for a continent that least needs to be locked into paying inflated license fees to US corporations ? The conference is co-hosted by African OSS lobby group FOSSFA and the University of the Western Cape." -
The Free/Libre/Open Source Software Survey for 2003
aWaterman writes "FLOSS-US is an online survey of Open Source/Free Software developers currently being conducted by researchers at Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. This survey has been designed to complement the FLOSS survey for 2002 of Open Source/Free Software developer communities sponsored by the European Commission. FLOSS-US asks questions on some of the topics addressed by the original FLOSS survey, plus questions on several other important issues, including open source developers' motivations and expectations, usage of licenses and programming tools, individuals' contributions to projects, and support by proprietary software firms. If you are an Open Source/Free Software developer, please click here to fill out the questionnaire. We greatly appreciate your viewpoints and your responses to our survey questions." -
FLOSS Developer Survey Results Published
grex writes "The FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) study from the University of Maastricht has published its final report. One of its five parts is the developer survey based basically on developers from the European Union. Results show that Debian is the preferred distribution, GNOME the desktop the majority choose and vi more popular than Emacs. But this survey also handles economic, law-related and motivation aspects among developers that make it very interesting to read." -
FLOSS Developer Survey Results Published
grex writes "The FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) study from the University of Maastricht has published its final report. One of its five parts is the developer survey based basically on developers from the European Union. Results show that Debian is the preferred distribution, GNOME the desktop the majority choose and vi more popular than Emacs. But this survey also handles economic, law-related and motivation aspects among developers that make it very interesting to read." -
FLOSS Developer Survey Results Published
grex writes "The FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) study from the University of Maastricht has published its final report. One of its five parts is the developer survey based basically on developers from the European Union. Results show that Debian is the preferred distribution, GNOME the desktop the majority choose and vi more popular than Emacs. But this survey also handles economic, law-related and motivation aspects among developers that make it very interesting to read." -
Survey of Software Developers
gerddie writes "Currently the European Commission sponsors a study of Free/Libre/Open Source Software. Part of it is a survey amongst developers of libre software, as well as an automated analysis of source code. Read also the press release"
The survey asks what you think about- Technology: referred programming languages, operating systems
- Law: licensing issues, copyright and intellectual property, authorship
- Organisation: efficiency, quality, comparison of commercial software
- Motivation: monetary / non-monetary, reputation, pleasure, creativity, jobs
- Expectations: what do you expect of others? What do they expect of you?
- Larger role: will Free Software/Open Source change the economy/society, or even just the commercial information technology industry?
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Survey of Software Developers
gerddie writes "Currently the European Commission sponsors a study of Free/Libre/Open Source Software. Part of it is a survey amongst developers of libre software, as well as an automated analysis of source code. Read also the press release"
The survey asks what you think about- Technology: referred programming languages, operating systems
- Law: licensing issues, copyright and intellectual property, authorship
- Organisation: efficiency, quality, comparison of commercial software
- Motivation: monetary / non-monetary, reputation, pleasure, creativity, jobs
- Expectations: what do you expect of others? What do they expect of you?
- Larger role: will Free Software/Open Source change the economy/society, or even just the commercial information technology industry?
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Survey of Software Developers
gerddie writes "Currently the European Commission sponsors a study of Free/Libre/Open Source Software. Part of it is a survey amongst developers of libre software, as well as an automated analysis of source code. Read also the press release"
The survey asks what you think about- Technology: referred programming languages, operating systems
- Law: licensing issues, copyright and intellectual property, authorship
- Organisation: efficiency, quality, comparison of commercial software
- Motivation: monetary / non-monetary, reputation, pleasure, creativity, jobs
- Expectations: what do you expect of others? What do they expect of you?
- Larger role: will Free Software/Open Source change the economy/society, or even just the commercial information technology industry?