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]]> By: Havvy http://www.mikealrogers.com/archives/651/comment-page-1#comment-590 Havvy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:35:01 +0000 http://www.mikealrogers.com/?p=651#comment-590 <p>I dare say, you cannot escape capitalism. While the transactions might not involve cash, it does involve a trade of time for a better product, and a few other things. If it was just one person developing it, there wouldn't be as many people flocking to contribute, as open source is also a social networking device, where more participation leads to more participation.</p> I dare say, you cannot escape capitalism. While the transactions might not involve cash, it does involve a trade of time for a better product, and a few other things. If it was just one person developing it, there wouldn’t be as many people flocking to contribute, as open source is also a social networking device, where more participation leads to more participation.

]]> By: Matthew Eernisse (mde) http://www.mikealrogers.com/archives/651/comment-page-1#comment-587 Matthew Eernisse (mde) Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:04:08 +0000 http://www.mikealrogers.com/?p=651#comment-587 <p>I much prefer 'contributor' -- it clearly describes what's going on (a contribution of time, effort, code, etc.), and doesn't have the purely charitable implications of 'volunteer.'</p> <p>I think you're raising a valid point in that there are multiple potential motivations for people getting involved in an open source project, some of them altruistic, and some not:</p> <ul> <li>They want to pay back a bit of the benefit they receive from it</li> <li>They have specific features they want or need in it</li> <li>Improving 'karma' -- open source is very much a reputation-based system</li> <li>Improving or learning skills</li> </ul> <p>All these involve mutual benefit, with varying degrees of balance between the contributor and the project.</p> <p>It's this broad accommodation of different motivations that makes open source work so amazingly well for hobbyists, small startups, and huge enterprisey corporations alike.</p> I much prefer ‘contributor’ — it clearly describes what’s going on (a contribution of time, effort, code, etc.), and doesn’t have the purely charitable implications of ‘volunteer.’

I think you’re raising a valid point in that there are multiple potential motivations for people getting involved in an open source project, some of them altruistic, and some not:

  • They want to pay back a bit of the benefit they receive from it
  • They have specific features they want or need in it
  • Improving ‘karma’ — open source is very much a reputation-based system
  • Improving or learning skills

All these involve mutual benefit, with varying degrees of balance between the contributor and the project.

It’s this broad accommodation of different motivations that makes open source work so amazingly well for hobbyists, small startups, and huge enterprisey corporations alike.

]]> By: Ian Thomas (thelem) http://www.mikealrogers.com/archives/651/comment-page-1#comment-586 Ian Thomas (thelem) Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:04:47 +0000 http://www.mikealrogers.com/?p=651#comment-586 <p>What's wrong with the word volunteer? Can you give some examples of places where someone would be a volunteer, and how you think that differs from the Mozilla community?</p> <p>The best example I can think of is that you might have a local organisation looking after a small park, clearing litter, planting flower beds etc. The people doing the work may well be volunteers. They would not be paid, but would still get the satisfaction of being responsible for a well-maintained public facility, pleasure from the work itself (hopefully working outside with friends on sunny days) and a feel-good factor for doing something charitable.</p> What’s wrong with the word volunteer? Can you give some examples of places where someone would be a volunteer, and how you think that differs from the Mozilla community?

The best example I can think of is that you might have a local organisation looking after a small park, clearing litter, planting flower beds etc. The people doing the work may well be volunteers. They would not be paid, but would still get the satisfaction of being responsible for a well-maintained public facility, pleasure from the work itself (hopefully working outside with friends on sunny days) and a feel-good factor for doing something charitable.

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