Support Forums: Message List - Who contributes to Open Source Software? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:09:44 -0400 Analysis is flawed http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 The whole premise of this analysis is flawed and the results mean nothing.  A person's surname does not in any way indicate where he or she lives.  One of the names on the list was Jones.  Jones is a Welsh name.  It's also one of...]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:06:16 -0500 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:06:16 -0500 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:06:16 -0500 Feb 3, 2011 Heather Swope 0 OSS is not working for free http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 Why do people compare contributing to OSS project with working for free? this is simply not true. I develop a lot of open source code, and it is my work to do so.

...]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:47:55 -0500 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:47:55 -0500 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:47:55 -0500 Feb 3, 2011 Tomas Gustavsson 0 re: Why contribute to opensource? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 ...]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:59:21 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:59:21 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:59:21 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 Andres F. 0 Long Boats http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 Another possibility is that the some of the master long boat builders from the days of the Vikings have reincarnated as open source software developers/contributors. :)

]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:57:02 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:57:02 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:57:02 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 Douglas Allen 0 Maybe it's Economics, Interests, and overall Social Culture http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 Without being too scientific, I would hazard a guess at saying that contributing to open source can come down to good old fashioned economics, human interests/motivation, and overall social culture.

...]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:36:11 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:36:11 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:36:11 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 Douglas Allen 0 Because of the GFW http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806

I cannot open the URL you given. What a pitty.

 

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

 

]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:38:22 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:38:22 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:38:22 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 Douglas Allen 0 Why contribute to opensource? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 Current open source emerged as corporates ran dirty business(exploiting natural resources). Otherwise as such there is no significance of opensource  as 99.99% of it is not science..

...]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:21:17 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:21:17 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:21:17 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 hari sujathan 1 Because of the GFW http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 I cannot open the URL you given. What a pitty.

]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:42:39 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:42:39 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:42:39 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 Sun Mellon 1 contributors are rare http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 they  also know the solutions and methods used that can inspire the new project or the refactoring of the "old" ones.

they are used to download read, understand and fix complex code written by other.

 

 

]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:28:10 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:28:10 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:28:10 -0500 Feb 1, 2011 Rune Piselli 0 contributors are rare http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 I think this goes to show you how rare and special OSS contributors are.  Give the thousand upon thousands of users for Hibernate or Spring, there are very few who contribute.

...]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:57:42 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:57:42 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:57:42 -0500 Feb 1, 2011 Bill Burke 1 Life is too hard. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 ...]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:23:32 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:23:32 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:23:32 -0500 Feb 1, 2011 Douglas Allen 2 Life is too hard. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 There is no doubt that Chinese and Indian love open source just as others do. As I know, the major reason for most people in China who want to contribute but can not do is subsistence. We don't work for a paying job, we don't eat. That is the...]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:43:15 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:43:15 -0500 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:43:15 -0500 Feb 1, 2011 Sun Mellon 3 Who contributes to Open Source Software? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61806 Obviously, the methodology is an approximation but the idea is simple. Take the surnames of contributors to Java projects and see from where they hail.


The results are not too surprising in that the majority are Western European or of that...]]> Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:02:14 -0500 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:02:14 -0500 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:02:14 -0500 Jan 31, 2011 Phillip Henry 12