Talk:Student Projects:OpenSource Motivation

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?