Why Do Developers Contribute Code as Open Source?

"There are a lot of obvious reasons, why open source makes sense. This isn't a new topic, but every so often another 'new' survey emerges that reminds us of the core fundamentals.

This time it's a new survey from the Outercurve Foundation -- which used to be known as the CodePlex Foundation - aka. the Microsoft sponsored open source foundation. But no, don't worry, no FUD mongering here, Outercurve is solidly in the open source camp.

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