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Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel

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Hertel, Guido
Niedner, Sven
Herrmann, Stefanie
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Volume (Year): 32 (2003)
Issue (Month): 7 (July)
Pages: 1159-1177
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