Category Archives: People

Literature Review: Motivations for contributing to Linux Kernel 1

This is my literature review of a paper by G. Hertel et al. titled – “Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel”. Based on discussions in the mailing list, the two motivations for contributing to Linux kernel were identified: “fun to program” and to compete [...]

Impact of industrialization on fashion 0

A while back I read the book Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? – a book on technologies, methodologies and practices to developing a sustainable clothing. I can’t use word industry because the book advocates abandoning the contemporary industry’s producer-consumer approach to solve problems. It was interesting to learn about the clothing and fashion before the advent of [...]