would you do it again for free?
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Would you do it again for free was about the question: if you take developers that are working on open source software for free and you pay them, if you stop paying them, will they still work on open source software? This was the topic of my keynote at GUADEC, LinuxConf Australia, and SCALE - the talk evolved over time. The transcript or video is necessary to understand it.TRANSCRIPT
Would you do it againfor free?
Stormy Peters OpenLogic
Playing: Fun or Good?
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Nuclear Waste: 50%
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Nuclear Waste: 25%
NYC Schools
Israeli DaycareParents
Make them pay
LateForever
Would you do it again for free?
Success
Dream Jobs
Will they quit?
Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects
40% are paid contributors
You would, but would they?
Companychangeproject?
Whatmotivates
developers?
Why?
Extrinsic
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TOP motivators are
Does Pay Motivate Volunteers?Why Hackers Do What They DoNorms, Rewards, and Their Effect on the Motivation of Open Source Software DevelopersMotivation Crowding Theory
internal
IntrinsicMotivations
Interesting
Learn = 20% raise
CreativePhoto by mdezemery
Need
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Skills
Clever
Fame
Do theRight Thing
1/3 feel software should be open
Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects
DeveloperMotivations
Payment
Is payment normal?
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Performance orCompleteness
Employment
In Kind
Bounties
GrantsPhoto by docoleg
Real world?
Haveprojects failed?
InequalityPhoto by Amodiovalerio Verde
Where do people go?Photo by B Tal
RailsRuby
OSSDiscovery
Would it really be the same?
Hunter Gatherers
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Agriculture
Left brain jobs
Creators
Design
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Dream Jobs
Company Methods
Dictate
createcompany
way
createmyway
Frustrated?
Creators
Help corporationsdo the right thing
Show them
The Open Source Censushttp://www.osscensus.org