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Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Osmel Brito-Bigott
Date:
Hello everyone! 👋

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:
✅ How and why people contribute (or don’t) to OSS
✅ The role of financial and non-financial incentives in OSS participation
✅ How free-riding affects project quality, security, and long-term maintenance

🔗 https://forms.gle/mxFBLSRvCC1XRzTA7

The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes and is completely anonymous. 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.

Feel free to share this with other OSS developers and communities. Thank you for your time and valuable input! 🙌

#OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #Developers #TechResearch #PhD

Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Karsten Hilbert
Date:
Am Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 09:27:30PM -0400 schrieb Osmel Brito-Bigott:

> forms.gle
>
> The survey [...] is completely anonymous.

Nope.

Karsten Hilbert
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Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Greg Sabino Mullane
Date:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> wrote:
> The survey [...] is completely anonymous.

Nope.

Can you elaborate on this, please, for my sake and others?


Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Karsten Hilbert
Date:
> > > The survey [...] is completely anonymous.
> >
> > Nope.
> >
>
> Can you elaborate on this, please, for my sake and others?

I was, certainly somewhat tersely, trying to point out that
using Google Forms nearly precludes anonymity unless one
accesses them via Tor or some such.

Best regards,
Karsten
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Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Osmel Brito-Bigott
Date:
I'm not collecting emails in the survey

El mar, 15 abr 2025 a la(s) 11:25 a.m., Karsten Hilbert (Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net) escribió:
> > > The survey [...] is completely anonymous.
> >
> > Nope.
> >
>
> Can you elaborate on this, please, for my sake and others?

I was, certainly somewhat tersely, trying to point out that
using Google Forms nearly precludes anonymity unless one
accesses them via Tor or some such.

Best regards,
Karsten
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Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Karsten Hilbert
Date:
Am Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:26:35AM -0400 schrieb Osmel Brito-Bigott:

> I'm not collecting emails in the survey

Don't get me wrong, I am not questioning your good faith or intent.

Karsten
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Re: Help with PhD Dissertation

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 05:28:40PM +0200, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> Am Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:26:35AM -0400 schrieb Osmel Brito-Bigott:
> 
> > I'm not collecting emails in the survey
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I am not questioning your good faith or intent.

Agreed.  The email said:

    The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes and is completely
    anonymous.

and it clearly is not "completely anonymous".  You can say you are not
collecting email addresses, but they certainly are being collected as
part of this process.

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