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Mark 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
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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 No Comment

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

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 No Comment

1.13 To provide a centralised location for Free Software/Open Source project(s) No Comment

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 No Comment

1.17 To provide data for research
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1.18 To allow potential developers to contribute to projects No Comment

1.19 To seek funding for Free Software/Open Source projects No Comment

1.20 To facilitate software development in a better way No Comment

1.21 To make software with better quality available to the world No Comment

1.22 To provide machine and/or human resources to support IFHOSP No Comment

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 No Comment

1.25 To present all relevant information on a project (e.g. technology, marketing, etc.) No Comment

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 No Comment

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
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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 No Comment

1.33 To promote openness in managing IFHOSP (e.g. transparency in making decisions) No Comment

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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