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Hars and Ou (2002) note that a key motivation for contributing to open-source projects is the pursuit of reputation and community recognition, and this form of social reward is mirrored in Wikipedia’s barnstar system, which publicly acknowledges valuable editing work.[1]
- ^ Hars, A., & Ou, S. (2002). Working for free? Motivations for participating in open-source projects. *International Journal of Electronic Commerce*, 6(3), 25–39.
