摘要:代写英国Dissertation-Political Motives of Developers for Collaboration on GNU/Linux submitted for the degree of MA (Globalization and Communications)
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Acronyms.......................................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................................................1
1.1 Free Software and GNU/Linux...............................................................................1
1.1.1 Free Software..................................................................................................2
1.1.2 GNU and Linux...............................................................................................3
Chapter 2: The
Politics of FS/OSS.................................................................................5
2.1 Software as Political Issue......................................................................................6
2.2 The Political Significance of Free Software / Open Source...................................9
2.3 FS/OSS-Developers as Political Actors................................................................11
2.3.1 Free Software Foundation versus Open Source Initiative.............................12
2.3.2 The Political Developer: Contrasting Findings.............................................14
2.4 The Problems of Determining FS/OSS Politicisation...........................................18
Chapter 3: Methodology...............................................................................................21
3.1 Research Questions...............................................................................................21
3.2 Research Method..................................................................................................21
3.2.1 Instrument......................................................................................................22
3.2.2 Questionnaire Content...................................................................................24
3.2.3 Sample...........................................................................................................25
3.2.3.1 Sampling................................................................................................25
3.2.3.2 Sample Demography.............................................................................27
3.2.3.3 Sample FS/OSS Involvement................................................................31
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Chapter 4: Findings of Survey.....................................................................................35
4.1
Assessment and Motivation of Developers...........................................................35
4.1.1 High Overall Politicisation in FS/OSS Community......................................35
4.1.2 “Free Software is Politics, Open Source is
Economics”...............................36
4.1.3 Politics just One of Many Motivations.........................................................39
4.2 Political Participation Offline and Online.............................................................42
4.2.1 High General Political Interest and Activity.................................................42
4.2.2 Relation of Online and Offline Political Behaviour......................................44
4.3 Characterising Political Developers......................................................................47
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