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.on...@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.on...@canberra.edu.au
