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[[User:RLM|Richard Michaelson]]: First, I think any discussion of Mozilla.org should fall under the government section (covering the public sector). Now to Jesse's question, I could see how it could come up in either the public and private chapters, and maybe even the developer/contributor chapter, BUT framed in a box and not part of the main body. In order to tie it to our paper (and thus include it as part of the main body), a pure description of funding sources would not be enough and must incorporate why someone would want to fund mozilla -- Why do private entities (individuals or firms) and public entities (the government, NGOs?) fund/invest in OS non-profits like Mozilla? | [[User:RLM|Richard Michaelson]]: First, I think any discussion of Mozilla.org should fall under the government section (covering the public sector). Now to Jesse's question, I could see how it could come up in either the public and private chapters, and maybe even the developer/contributor chapter, BUT framed in a box and not part of the main body. In order to tie it to our paper (and thus include it as part of the main body), a pure description of funding sources would not be enough and must incorporate why someone would want to fund mozilla -- Why do private entities (individuals or firms) and public entities (the government, NGOs?) fund/invest in OS non-profits like Mozilla? | ||
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| + | [[User:RLM|Richard Michaelson]]: Our brief likely will have 7 parts: the 4 chapters, an introduction, a conclusion, and an executive summary. Also, I suggest we incorporate boxes (with text) in our brief as a way to improve the brief's readability and allow discussion of related topics (e.g., actual interviews of Chinese government officials, or a detailed discussion of IBM, or sources of funding for mozilla, etc). This may also give us some flexibility in how we contribute to chapters with 2+ people, in that, one may work on the main body and the other work on more specific topics to be incorporated in a box. | ||
Revision as of 06:47, 14 November 2004
Contents
- 1 Does "Incubator Motivations" cover incubators like sourceforge, companies like IBM, or non-profits like mozilla.org?
- 2 I think "Developer Motivations" should become "Contributor Motivations".
- 3 Do we want to squeeze "sources of funding for non-profits such as the Mozilla Foundation" into one of these topics?
- 4 Policy Brief Organization
Does "Incubator Motivations" cover incubators like sourceforge, companies like IBM, or non-profits like mozilla.org?
Richard Michaelson: I think this chapter should focus only on the private sector and not non-profits like mozilla.org.
I think "Developer Motivations" should become "Contributor Motivations".
Richard Michaelson: I'm fine with that, though Gail probably should decide.
Do we want to squeeze "sources of funding for non-profits such as the Mozilla Foundation" into one of these topics?
Richard Michaelson: First, I think any discussion of Mozilla.org should fall under the government section (covering the public sector). Now to Jesse's question, I could see how it could come up in either the public and private chapters, and maybe even the developer/contributor chapter, BUT framed in a box and not part of the main body. In order to tie it to our paper (and thus include it as part of the main body), a pure description of funding sources would not be enough and must incorporate why someone would want to fund mozilla -- Why do private entities (individuals or firms) and public entities (the government, NGOs?) fund/invest in OS non-profits like Mozilla?
Policy Brief Organization
Richard Michaelson: Our brief likely will have 7 parts: the 4 chapters, an introduction, a conclusion, and an executive summary. Also, I suggest we incorporate boxes (with text) in our brief as a way to improve the brief's readability and allow discussion of related topics (e.g., actual interviews of Chinese government officials, or a detailed discussion of IBM, or sources of funding for mozilla, etc). This may also give us some flexibility in how we contribute to chapters with 2+ people, in that, one may work on the main body and the other work on more specific topics to be incorporated in a box.
