On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 13:10 -0700, GMS S wrote: > Hello, > Linux as a free and open source development,how do the open source developer earn/get money? That's an interesting question. Some open source developers are hired by companies to add certain features, solve bugs, or provide support; others are hired to work on software to accomplish a specific goal and find that building upon an open source foundation (rather than writing from scratch) is the most productive way to get the job done, and therefore end up contributing to the software as a way of reaching their goal. Dirk Riehle[0] has done some great research in this area, including "The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives"[1]. Eric Von Hippel's "Democratizing Innovation"[2] is also a great read. -Chris [0] http://dirkriehle.com/ [1] http://dirkriehle.com/computer-science/research/2007/computer-2007-article.html [2] http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/books.htm -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
