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Dear friends,
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I have been reading your postings to the mailing lists of the Gentoo
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Community. I have really enjoyed reading about your collaborative
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creative activities and your perspectives on the free/open source software.
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My name is Tiebing Shi and I am a Ph.D. student at Queen's University in
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Canada. I am very interested in learning more about the Free/Open Source
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Software Community. The study that I am doing for my Ph.D. thesis is
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called "User Creativity: An Investigation of the Free/Open Source
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Software Community." The purpose of my thesis is to study how developers
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and users collectively create free/open source software.
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I sincerely invite you to participate in my study. I would
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like to interview you in your role as a developer and/or user in the
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legendary Gentoo Community. Your experiences of developing and/or
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using Gentoo programs and your perspectives on the free/open source
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software will greatly help me to understand the creative
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activities of the Gentoo Community. If your time permits,
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I would like to interview you via phone. The phone interview will
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last about 1 hour. If you like, we can conduct our interview via email.
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Please be kindly informed that there is no obligation to participate in
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this study. But your participation will be highly appreciated. Your
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confidentiality will be protected. For example, your real name will NOT
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be used in my thesis and future publications. Further information about
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this study and our interview will be provided to you upon request.
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Please respond to this email to let me know your interest in participating
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in a phone or an email interview with me. If you select the phone
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interview format, please select a time for an interview that is most
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convenient for you. Please also let me know your phone number and time
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zone (my time zone is Eastern Daylight Time) so that I can call you at
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your local time you select.
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Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will
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respond to you as soon as possible.
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Thank you for your support and I look forward to talking with you.
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Sincerely,
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Tiebing Shi
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Queen's School of Business, Queen’s University
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Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6
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Tel: 613-533-2377 (Office)
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Email: tshi@××××××××××××××××.ca |
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