FLOSS 2013: A Survey Dataset About Free Software Contributors: Challenges for Curating, Sharing, and Combining

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Title	FLOSS 2013: A Survey Dataset About Free Software Contributors: Challenges for Curating, Sharing, and Combining
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2014
Authors	Robles, G, Reina, LA, Serebrenik, A, Vasilescu, B, González-Barahona, JM
Secondary Title	Proceedings of the 11th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories
Pagination	396–399
Publisher	ACM
Place Published	New York, NY, USA
ISBN Number	978-1-4503-2863-0
Keywords	anonymization, data combining, data sharing, ethics, free software, microdata, msr data showcase, open data, open source, privacy, Survey
Abstract	In this data paper we describe a data set obtained by means of performing an on-line survey to over 2,000 Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) contributors. The survey includes questions related to personal characteristics (gender, age, civil status, nationality, etc.), education and level of English, professional status, dedication to FLOSS projects, reasons and motivations, involvement and goals. We describe as well the possibilities and challenges of using private information from the survey when linked with other, publicly available data sources. In this regard, an example of data sharing will be presented and legal, ethical and technical issues will be discussed.
URL	http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2597073.2597129
DOI	10.1145/2597073.2597129
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