I'm sure it wasn't the intention, but the questions presented in that
survey feel more like they are phishing for specific
people/information than curious about regular activities. It includes
a number of open-ended questions with three text boxes for each,
expecting the user to provide identifiable information. The wording
also feels like there's a specific point that someone is trying to
make, especially when it gets to "predatory practices."
There is no chance you will get "useful" data (worth studying) from
this survey, especially not with those questions. You could just as
well be asking, "do you agree that predatory practices are bad? by the
way, this includes being an end user."
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 2:09 AM Mathieu O'Neil <
mathieu.oneil@anu.edu.au> wrote:
Hi Debian :-)
Thanks again to all the participants in the 2016 Debian Project survey. An astounding 1,479 people responded to this first edition. The 2016 survey results are available in an open-access report published in 2021: 2016 Debian Project survey: Work and
volunteers.
The follow-up 2023 Debian Project survey: Sustainability is now open!
https://dcpc.limesurvey.net/382488?lang=en
We (researchers Mathieu O’Neil, Sebastien Broca, Xiaolan Cai, Angela Daly, Molly de Blanc, Cecilia Rikap, Sebastien Shulz and Stefano Zacchiroli) created this new survey, for three reasons.
1-We want to track the project’s evolution since 2016: what has changed, what remains the same when it comes to roles, contributor characteristics and the presence of paid work in the project.
2-We want to focus on the economic sustainability of Debian and FOSS, in the context of threats to openness posed by new mechanisms such as Software as a Service and potential threats to sustainability such as ‘free riding’. What should happen so
that FOSS projects continue to be maintained appropriately?
3-We are interested to find out what the community thinks about the environmental impacts of FOSS development, and possible ways to reduce these impacts.
We want to hear from as many Debian contributors as possible—whether you've submitted a bug report, attended a DebConf, reviewed translations, maintained packages, participated in Debian teams, or are a Debian Developer. Completing the survey should
take 10-20 minutes, depending on your current involvement with the project.
About the survey:
We are using LimeSurvey, an online survey platform developed with free and open source code.
Survey responses are anonymous, IP and HTTP information are not logged, and all questions are optional. As it is still likely possible to determine who a respondent is based on their answers, results will only be distributed in aggregate form, in a way
that does not allow de-anonymisation.
The results of the survey will be analyzed as part of ongoing research work by the organizers. A report discussing the results will be published under a DFSG-free license and distributed to the Debian community as soon as it's ready.
The raw, disaggregated answers will not be distributed and will be kept under the responsibility of the organizers.
We hope you will fill out the Debian Contributor Survey. The deadline for participation is: December 15, 2023.
https://dcpc.limesurvey.net/382488?lang=en
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via email at:
Mathieu O’Neil mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au
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