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a survey titled "requirements engineering practices used in the
development of open source software projects". This survey is part of a
PhD dissertation study on requirements gathering in open source software
development.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">This survey contains questions
about which requirements engineering practices are being used during open
source software development, how useful requirements engineering practices are
for open source software development and the problems and issues that open
source software developers face while carrying out requirements gathering
activities during open source software development. The survey would take
around twenty minutes to complete. The questions are not mandatory. If you are interested
in participating in this survey, please fill out the survey by clicking on the
link below:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1582452/ba155dc1677a">http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1582452/ba155dc1677a</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Researcher information: My name
is Jaison Kuriakose and I am a PhD candidate at memorial university, Canada. My
contact email is <a href="mailto:jk5573@mun.ca">jk5573@mun.ca</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The proposal for
this research has been reviewed by the Interdisciplinary Committee on Ethics in
Human Research and found to be in compliance with Memorial University's ethics
policy. If you have ethical concerns about the research, such as the way you
have been treated or your rights as a participant, you may contact the
Chairperson of the ICEHR at <a href="mailto:icehr@mun.ca">icehr@mun.ca</a> or by telephone at 709-864-2861. </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Thank
you</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Jaison Kuriakose</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">PhD candidate in Information
systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Memorial University,
Canada</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p></div>