call for participation - Debian contributors survey, 1st ed.

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Subject: call for participation - Debian contributors survey, 1st ed.

From: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 09:07:23 +0100

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TL;DR: all Debian contributors --- from bug reporters to Debian project members and participants in any Debian team --- are invited to take part in the first edition of the Debian contributors survey. To participate visit: http://debian.limequery.org/696747 The deadline for participation is: 4 December 2016, at 23:59 UTC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the first instance of what we hope will become a recurring annual survey of Debian contributors. The survey is intended to help the Debian project and community by enabling them to understand and document the evolution of the project's population over time, through the lenses of common demographics. In addition, each year the survey will explore a specific aspect of the project. The focus for this first edition is on work and labour issues, specifically on the extent to which Debian contributors are volunteers or paid to work on Debian, and on how that affects their contributions. Participation in the survey is completely anonymous, with no logging of any provenance information (e.g., IP address, HTTP referrer), and all questions are optional. The survey is conducted using the Free Software platform LimeSurvey and hosted by LimeSurvey.org. The results of the survey will be analyzed as part of ongoing research work by the organizers and released in aggregate form only. A report discussing the results will be published under a DFSG-free license and distributed to the Debian community as soon as it's ready. The raw, disaggregated answers will not be distributed and will be processed under the responsibility of the organizers. The survey will remain open until: 4 December 2016, 23:59 UTC. If you have any questions, you can always reach the survey organizers at: - Mathieu ONeil (mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au) - Molly de Blanc (deblanc@riseup.net) - Stefano Zacchiroli (zack@debian.org) We thank you in advance for your participation! For the organizers, -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack@upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader . OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »