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Brent regards himself/herself as:

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What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?

Totally
Irrelevant
Extremely
Relevant

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
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1.4 To facilitate communication between developers and users (of Free Software/Open Source software)
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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
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1.7 To promote existing project(s) hosted on site to users of software

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
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1.16 To serve the Free Software/Open Source community
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1.17 To provide data for research
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1.30 To provide an archive for Open Source/Free Software developers and users
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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
Comment: This is self-satisfying. Not valid.
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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.
Comment: Not really a reason.
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1.38 To facilitate high levels of communication multiple means
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Generated On: 25 Oct 2002