On 11 Nov, 11:34, wlk...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Open Source Software Participant:
>
> You are invited to participate in a OSS research survey conducted by
> Professor Weiling Ke at Clarkson University and Professor Ping Zhang
> at Syracuse University. Currently, we are examining factors that
> motivate people's participation in the Open Source Software (OSS)
> community. Your response is critical to our research and will be
> highly appreciated!
>
> Here is a link to the survey:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...JBpr4ysA_3d_3d
>
> Thanks for your participation!
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Weiling Ke

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university accounts for spamming.

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