Student participation in open source projects (opensource.com)

Opensource.com is running an article from a university professor on student participation in development projects. "Clearly, there are also large differences in culture. But I think that collaboration between open source and academic realms can work, as there are also some strong commonalities between the groups. The open source and academic environments both share the desire to create something, to produce a product that people will use. Both groups have a love of learning and both groups are based on the idea that something (whether it is knowledge or software) should be accessible to everyone. Both groups have a desire to belong to a professional group, to be interacting as professionals and participating in ongoing professional activity. And interestingly, I think both groups share the desire to be self-directed and to have control over what they do."

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