Answer from Schulhoff for Question 1

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Schulhoff 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
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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
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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
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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 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
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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 No Comment

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
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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
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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 No Comment

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
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