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Extremely Relevant |
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No. of Votes
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1.
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What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?
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1.28
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To provide training grounds for new developers |
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19
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.36
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To distribute software that is useful |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.17
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To provide data for research |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.27
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To facilitate the development of software that is affordable by everyone |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.32
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To provide tools needed to achieve the objectives of IFHOSP |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.16
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To serve the Free Software/Open Source community |
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17
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.24
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To attract other Free Software/Open Source projects to come in and host on the site |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.31
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To provide an archive of Open Source/Free Software development related materials to the general public |
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20
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.21
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To make software with better quality available to the world |
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19
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.7
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To promote existing project(s) hosted on site to users of software |
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18
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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1.13
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To provide a centralised location for Free Software/Open Source project(s) |
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19
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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2.
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What tools can be employed on an IFHOSP site and
what are the important features and usability factors for each of them?
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2.10
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Wiki Wiki Web |
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12
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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2.11
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Security Measures (e.g. ssh) |
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16
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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2.9
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Discussion Forum |
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17
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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2.12
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News Stand |
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15
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.
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What work practices and culture should be promoted?
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3.34
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The practices of Extreme Programming |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.25
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Avoid force |
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11
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.18
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The value of heterogeneity, differences as assets |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.2
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Measurement of quality of code |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.36
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Standards coding style |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.4
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Reinforcing explicit development roles |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.19
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Nothing should be 'promoted'. |
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12
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.5
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Reuse of existing source code |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.14
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Awareness of different culture and language background |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.11
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Distributed style of development and decentralised decision-making |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.13
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Tolerance, respect and patience |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.31
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Flexibility in tools for rapid project administration |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.32
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A system to attribute credit |
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14
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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3.37
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Fun and good spirit and hope |
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13
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.
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What are factors that movitate users to use an IFHOSP site?
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4.12
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Many tools are provided |
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8
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.11
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High security |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.24
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To compete with other projects |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.25
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Users of software hosted on IFHOSP will use the site |
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7
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.4
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Low Cost or Free |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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4.5
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Sufficiently large capacity (e.g. storage, cpu, memory) |
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8
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.
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What are barriers that prevent users from using an IFHOSP site?
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5.14
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Intellectual property issues - the host of the IFHOSP may impose some rights to the projects hosted |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.11
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Not having enough control over the IFHOSP comparing with a local machine |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.15
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Incompatibility with the format that users had in software development |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.20
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Difficult to casually browse or some information cannot be accessed without a username |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.13
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No control the content and the development direction of the IFHOSP |
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8
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.6
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Low storage capacity |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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This sub-question is summarised from the following answer(s) from round 1
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Mark
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low capacity
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5.12
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Not trusting the host of the IFHOSP |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.19
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The IFHOSP does not reach a critical mass of users and projects to achieve its advertising function |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.5
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The opposite of the answers in question 4 |
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3
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.8
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The odd urge to pay for software rather than help build it yourself |
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8
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.3
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Low in technical skill, inexperience in using an IFHOSP |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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5.17
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Legal issues on software distribution |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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6.
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What are the positive results for users in using an IFHOSP site?
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6.24
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Interesting parties on a certain project can be found before the project begins |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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6.18
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Possibility of reviving dead projects |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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6.10
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Flexibility, being able to select from many ways of doing things |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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6.16
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Greater possibility for getting community credit |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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6.22
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Tools with better quality than individually hosted sites |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.
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What are the negative results for users in using an IFHOSP site?
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7.8
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Low cost in setup will encourage starting unserious projects |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.18
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Limitation placed on Intellectual Property rights. Depending on the license under which you get to use the IFHOSP, you may suddenly find that you've allowed licensing you hadn't planned. |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.7
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Low cost in setup will encourage projects to be publish before they are ready |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.9
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No negative results |
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3
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.6
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Low cost in setup will encourage development of projects that are similar (reinvention of the wheel) |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.5
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Low cost in setup will encourage forking of projects |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.12
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Limited tool customisation |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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7.4
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Possible extra "collaboration" with unwanted parties ("back-seat programmers", trolls) |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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12.
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What are other important issues in IFHOSP?
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12.11
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The acronym IFHOSP is pointlessly obscure |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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12.13
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A remedy of the administrator(s) of IFHOSP interfering with the development of project(s) is to provide mirroring or withdrawal paths for users if they want to host their projects elsewhere |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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12.7
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IFHOSP sites need to focus on maximising productivity |
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9
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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12.12
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Big IFHOSP are bad (e.g. Freshmeat) Small IFHOSP are good. |
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12
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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12.2
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Maintaining a commitment to hosting only those projects which are under a sufficiently liberal license. |
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10
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Details |
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Answer from Previous Round |
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