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I am conducting research for my PhD dissertation on the political economy of Open Source Software (OSS), focusing on how free-riding, responsibility, and incentives impact the sustainability of OSS projects. If you are a developer, contributor, maintainer, or user of OSS, your insights are invaluable! This survey aims to understand: =E2=9C=85 How and why people contribute (or don=E2=80=99t) to OSS =E2=9C=85 The role of financial and non-financial incentives in OSS partici= pation =E2=9C=85 How free-riding affects project quality, security, and long-term maintenance =F0=9F=94=97 https://forms.gle/mxFBLSRvCC1XRzTA7 The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes and we are not collecting email addresses. Your participation will help shed light on crucial challenges in OSS development and contribute to academic research on improving the sustainability of open-source communities. I need to collect at least 1500 answers. The survey does not collect any personally identifiable information (PII), such as names, email addresses, or IP data. All responses will be aggregated and analyzed solely for academic and research purposes. To protect respondents=E2=80=99 privacy, all data will be securely stored and = handled in compliance with general data protection guidelines. The results will be reported only in summary form, ensuring no individual respondent can be identified. Feel free to share this with other OSS developers, users and communities. Thank you for your time and valuable input! =F0=9F=99=8C #OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #Developers #TechResearch #PhD --0000000000000e1ad30649b65a4b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'm asking help again on this. I am conducting researc= h for my PhD dissertation on the political economy of Open Source Software = (OSS), focusing on how free-riding, responsibility, and incentives impact t= he sustainability of OSS projects. If you are a developer, contributor, mai= ntainer, or user of OSS, your insights are invaluable!

This survey aims = to understand:

=E2=9C=85 How and why people contribute (or don=E2=80=99t= ) to OSS

=E2=9C=85 The role of financial and non-financial incentives in= OSS participation

=E2=9C=85 How free-riding affects project quality, se= curity, and long-term maintenance

=F0=9F=94=97=C2=A0https://forms= .gle/mxFBLSRvCC1XRzTA7

The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes and = we are not collecting email addresses. Your participation will help shed li= ght on crucial challenges in OSS development and contribute to academic res= earch on improving the sustainability of open-source communities.=C2=A0 I n= eed to collect at least 1500 answers.

The survey does not collect any pe= rsonally identifiable information (PII), such as names, email addresses, or= IP data. All responses will be aggregated and analyzed solely for academic= and research purposes. To protect respondents=E2=80=99 privacy, all data w= ill be securely stored and handled in compliance with general data protecti= on guidelines. The results will be reported only in summary form, ensuring = no individual respondent can be identified.

Feel free to share this with= other OSS developers, users and communities. Thank you for your time and v= aluable input! =F0=9F=99=8C

#OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #Developers #TechResearch #PhD<= /p>

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