In Open Source Development, Does Money Change Everything? | Linux Today

In Open Source Development, Does Money Change Everything?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 7, 2008

[ Thanks to Sakshi
Garg
for this link. ]

“Berdou interviewed a number of paid and volunteer
developers working with the GNOME and KDE projects. Based on these
interviews, she presents four working hypotheses:

“Paid developers are more likely to contribute to critical parts
of the code base.

“Paid developers are more likely to maintain critical parts of
the code base”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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