[Leaplist] Fwd: ISU Open Source Values Survey

[Phil Barnett]

I believe they want to hear from us!

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Subject: ISU Open Source Values Survey
Date: Tuesday 03 April 2007 13:01
From: gsagers at ilstu dot edu

Dear Linux Users Groups,

We are a group of researchers from Illinois State University, conducting a
 study on how personal values influence decision making in open source
 software.  The goal of this study is to understand more about how values
 influence software design decisions, and whether participants in open source
 software projects hold the values which have often been attributed to them
 such as a culture of information sharing, the desire for increased
 reputation and voluntary cooperation.  We are currently pilot-testing our
 survey which will later be administered to larger number of participants in
 open source projects.

We have selected Linux and other free operating systems user groups as a
 population suited to pilot test our survey, since those using Linux or other
 free operating systems are familiar with open source and many are involved
 at some level with open source projects.  We ask for your participation in
 this survey.  As an incentive to participate, we will be conducting a
 drawing for 6 $30 gift certificates to Amazon.com.

Our survey will require approximately 20 minutes to complete.  All responses
 will only be used anonymously, and email addresses will only be used to
 contact individuals who are winners of gift certificates. You will not be
 contacted for any other purpose, nor will your email address be shared with
 any other party.

The survey is available now, at
 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=185278249E16192 and will be available
 for two weeks (until April 17, 2007).  We will send a reminder email in one
 week.


Thank You,

Bryan Hosack, PhD
bhosack at ilstu dot edu

Glen Sagers
gsagers at ilstu dot edu

School of Information Technology
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-5150

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