[dev] [tools-dev] Migration to Subversion
MIGRATION TO SUBVERSION === The migrated OpenOffice.org SVN repository is now available via svn://svn.services.openoffice.org/ooo (read/only) or http://svn.services.openoffice.org/ooo (read/only) or svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ooo (read/write) Please do refrain from committing to this repository for now (most ssh public keys aren't in place yet anyway) until RE announces the DEV300 m32 milestone with additional instructions. What you can do already with the repository: - test checkouts with the r/o access methods and all svn operations with the exception of commits - test if I got everything which is needed to build a DEV300 m31 milestone is included in the repository - build the DEV300 m31 milestone, please tell me if you found problems - start svnsync if you plan to have a local mirror (instructions on how to setup a mirror can be found here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOo_and_Subversion#Create_a_OOo_repository_mirror Heiner -- Jens-Heiner Rechtien [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Research Project
Hello, I am a Ph.D. student in Instructional Technology at the University of Tennessee. I am conducting research about what motivates people to contribute to Open Source Software for free. OpenOffice is one of the applications I am targeting in my research. I would like to send my survey to people who are involved in the development and not to the users. Is there any mailinglist for all the contributors in OpenOffice that I can use? Your help is highly appreciated. Thanks, Hoda.
Re: [dev] Research Project
Hi Hoda, You should clarify the word free. It is true that contributions to open-source software do not come with direct monetary compensation. However, there are other benefits that you get by contributing. For example, if you are the user of the software you naturally want it to be better. If you maintain a proprietary branch of a project, you might want to contribute to the public branch to minimize maintenance (just like Sun does with StarOffice and Google does with MySQL). So it's not all free. Actually it's far from it. In fact I cannot even imagine a contributor with no interest in the software being developed. There is always a benefit, direct or indirect. For many open source contributors their contributions become their resumes and they can get much higher salaries than those without such a public profile. If you haven't already, I recommend that you read the book The Cathedral and The Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond (http://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Bazaar-Musings-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0596001088/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1221243969sr=8-1). It is small - around 250 pages - but great. Sorry, can't help you with contributor mailing list. Yegor 2008/9/12 Baytiyeh, Hoda [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I am a Ph.D. student in Instructional Technology at the University of Tennessee. I am conducting research about what motivates people to contribute to Open Source Software for free. OpenOffice is one of the applications I am targeting in my research. I would like to send my survey to people who are involved in the development and not to the users. Is there any mailinglist for all the contributors in OpenOffice that I can use? Your help is highly appreciated. Thanks, Hoda. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Research Project
Hi, Le 12 sept. 08 à 17:48, Baytiyeh, Hoda a écrit : Hello, I am a Ph.D. student in Instructional Technology at the University of Tennessee. Be welcome ! I am conducting research about what motivates people to contribute to Open Source Software for free. Interesting :) OpenOffice is one of the applications I am targeting in my research. Just a detail: OpenOffice.org is the right name of both the project and the application (the software). I would like to send my survey to people who are involved in the development and not to the users. I'd suggest you to try with the Education Project. Is there any mailinglist for all the contributors in OpenOffice that I can use? The most relevant list is IMHO the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project mailing list. And if you want further information, feel free to contact us directly, or on #education.openoffice.org IRC channel ( server is irc.freenode.net ) Your help is highly appreciated. You're welcome ! Eric Bachard -- qɔᴉɹə
