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[News] Research: Free Software Comes from Passion, Altruism, Not Inability

  • Subject: [News] Research: Free Software Comes from Passion, Altruism, Not Inability
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:00:43 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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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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