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ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, corporations such as Microsoft and IBM have become increasingly involved in open source software projects and development platforms. In this study, we examine motivations behind contributions in OSS platforms that have increasingly come under commercial influence. Empirical analysis of 2017 GitHub Open Source Survey data of over 5,500 randomly selected OSS developers indicated that carrots (tangible motivations) and rainbows (value-based factors) play their role. However, carrots are relatively more important.
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Joseph Taylor
Joseph Taylor is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at California State University, Sacramento. Prior to joining academia, he worked extensively in industry focusing on IT strategy, innovation, and governance. His academic research interests focus on crowdsourcing and the use of technology to create business value and has appeared in such outlets as Information Systems Journal (ISJ), Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS), and in Management Information Systems Quarterly Executive (MISQE).
Ramakrishna Dantu is an Assistant Professor at the California State University, Sacramento. His research has been published in Information Systems Management Journal, and several national and international conferences such as Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), and Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). Prior to changing his career to academia, he worked in the IT industry for over 16 years. Some of his teaching and research interests include software development, healthcare IT, analytics, and social media.