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The Shifting Sands of Motivation: Revisiting What Drives Contributors in Open Source

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Main Authors:	Gerosa, Marco, Wiese, Igor, Trinkenreich, Bianca, Link, Georg, Robles, Gregorio, Treude, Christoph, Steinmacher, Igor, Sarma, Anita
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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