Incentives in open source participation: A survey

[Malvika Rao]

Hi everyone,

The Connected Devices Contributor Experience Research study by Mozilla sought to understand why contributors invest time and effort into open source projects. Building on this study, we are conducting research, supported by Mozilla, to understand what incentivizes people to continue or stop contributing.

Our goal is to obtain insights into what motivates contributors, what are the rewards for contributor labor on a project, how to improve participation incentives, and how to increase the value generated for all. To this end we have designed a survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mozilla-community-berlin

We would love to hear about your experience, the things you care about, and what you think could be improved. Your responses are very valuable.

The survey is anonymous and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. Check it out! If you are interested to discuss more about our project, please get in touch at malv...@hotmail.com.

Best regards,

Malvika

[Michael Henretty]

Hi Malvika,

Is this the original research you are referring to?
https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/0B3A7OL51663cYkZ5OVNzSWdUZE0/view?usp=drive_web

I totally recommend reading this for anyone interested in volunteer motivations.

Thanks,

Michael

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[Malvika Rao]

Hi Michael,

Yes that is the prior research on which we are building.

Best,

Malvika

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