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Brendan regards himself/herself as:

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What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?

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1.1 To enable distributed software development for developers from different geographic locations
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1.2 To support concurrent and collaborative software development
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1.3 To facilitate communication between developers No Comment

1.4 To facilitate communication between developers and users (of Free Software/Open Source software) No Comment

1.5 To facilitate cooperation between related parties (programmers, designers, documentation writers, advocates/salesman, etc.)
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1.6 To facilitate testing to the source code in different environments No Comment

1.7 To promote existing project(s) hosted on site to users of software No Comment

1.8 To promote existing project(s) to developers and attract contribution
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1.9 To introduce the concept of Free Software/Open Source the general public and welcome new comers
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1.10 To facilitate documentation
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1.11 To help developers to search for existing source code and/or projects
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1.12 To promote the concept of Free Software/Open Source and foster the growth of the community
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1.13 To provide a centralised location for Free Software/Open Source project(s)
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1.14 To facilitate the reuse of source code and reduce duplication of effort
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1.15 To provide a productive and consistent user interface with minimum management overhead No Comment

1.16 To serve the Free Software/Open Source community
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1.17 To provide data for research
Comment: trying to understand how people work together in voluntary organizations on the net will help improve those organizations
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1.18 To allow potential developers to contribute to projects
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1.19 To seek funding for Free Software/Open Source projects No Comment

1.20 To facilitate software development in a better way
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1.21 To make software with better quality available to the world
Comment: if not this then, why exist?
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1.22 To provide machine and/or human resources to support IFHOSP
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1.23 To distribute Free Software/Open Source Software
Comment: major reason for hosting
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1.24 To attract other Free Software/Open Source projects to come in and host on the site
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1.25 To present all relevant information on a project (e.g. technology, marketing, etc.)
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1.26 To provide links to relevant sources of information No Comment

1.27 To facilitate the development of software that is affordable by everyone
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1.28 To provide training grounds for new developers
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1.29 To build a sense of community of between developers for a project No Comment

1.30 To provide an archive for Open Source/Free Software developers and users
Comment: serving the users and providing an archive is as important as serving developers -- or more so
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1.31 To provide an archive of Open Source/Free Software development related materials to the general public
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1.32 To provide tools needed to achieve the objectives of IFHOSP
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1.33 To promote openness in managing IFHOSP (e.g. transparency in making decisions)
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1.34 To enable developers to keep track of projects that are of interest to them
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1.35 To group and categorise project(s) (e.g. according to quality, maturiy, etc.)
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1.36 To distribute software that is useful
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1.37 The site should be fast and has high availability.
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1.38 To facilitate high levels of communication multiple means No Comment

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