Why Do Some Software Programmers Work for Free?
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| In the end, the results suggest that a potential monetary payoff down the
| line does motivate software developers to be more productive, but many
| developers are still attracted to the movement for things besides pecuniary
| rewards. They just don't seem to work as hard.
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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/odd-numbers/2007/08/31/why-do-some-software-programmers-work-for-free
This study also sidles with the BSD licence, which Microsoft loves (to
exploit). FreeBSD has a new installer:
finstall alpha version
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| The front-end is a modular PyGTK application that provides the user interface
| and uses the back-end for all “real” work.
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http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/08/29/finstall-alpha-version/
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