[Fsf-friends] Survey for Free Software/Open Source developers... (attn: South Asia)

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

URL :  http://siepr.stanford.edu/programs/OpenSoftware_David/FLOSS-US_annou=
ncement.htm

                                  FLOSS-US

            The Free/Libre/Open Source Software Survey for 2003

            [1]http://www.stanford.edu/group/floss-us/survey.fft


   A Survey of Software Developers

   FLOSS-US is an online survey currently being conducted by researchers
   at Stanford University's Stanford Institute for Economic Policy
   Research (SIEPR).  It is a part of the study of the Economic
   Organization and Viability of Open Source Software undertaken by
   SIEPR's  Knowledge, Networks and Information for Innovation Program
   (KNIIP) which is being supported by a grant from the National Science
   Foundation.


   This survey has been designed in cooperation with Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
   (MERIT and Infonomics, University of Maastricht), who led the FLOSS
   survey of Open Source/Free Software developer communities, carried out
   with the sponsorship of the European Commission during 2002.
   [[2]http://floss1.infonomics.nl]


   To establish comparability with the previous sample of voluntary
   respondents, FLOSS-US asks questions on the same range of topics that
   the original FLOSS survey addressed, including:


   =B7         Motivation: monetary / non-monetary, reputation, pleasure,
   creativity, jobs

   =B7         Expectations: what do you expect of others? What do they
   expect of you?

   =B7         Organization: efficiency, quality, comparison with
   commercial software

   =B7         Law: intellectual property licenses, authorship, public
   domain

   =B7         Technology: preferred programming tools


   In addition, developers are invited to provide information about their
   experiences and opinions on several other issues, such as: extent and
   intensity of OS/FS activities and project roles; relationships with
   commercial enterprises based on Free/Libre/Open Source software;
   support of OS/FS projects by proprietary software firms.


   Announcements of this new online survey will be posted in languages
   other than English, and at sites likely to be visited by developers in
   regions outside as well as within western Europe and North America.


   We will make public tabulated responses for each of the questions as
   soon as the survey period is closed, and the results of our further
   analyses will also be published on the SIEPR/KNIIP website. We are
   committed to protecting respondents' privacy: no personal identifiers
   will be stored with your answers and responses will be reported in
   aggregates that will prevent inferences about individual identities.


   If you are an Open Source/Free Software developer, please assist this
                    research: go to the questionnaire at
            [3]http://www.stanford.edu/group/floss-us/survey.fft

                              and fill it out!


   At the end of the questionnaire you will find links to to the
   SIEPR/KNIIP website and further information about our project.  When
   you have submitted your response there will be an opportunity to
   comment on the questionnaire itself, and to request any of the
   publications that will be based upon analyses of the survey data.

References

   1. http://www.stanford.edu/group/floss-us/survey.fft
   2. http://floss1.infonomics.nl/
   3. http://www.stanford.edu/group/floss-us/survey.fft