Hmm..I'd say someone who at least participates in maintaining - not just contributes code to once in a blue moon - a particular OSS project. Or someone who contributes minimally,.but to a few projects. Then of course you have the professional developers in business entities. Obviously, you're not going to be called a developer if you submit a few bash tricks over a span of 12 months..or are you?
For example, I've submitted two or three GCC 4.3 patches upstream but I don't think I'd be called a deveIoper just because of that. On the other hand, I co-maintain a community project and that's where we _are_ developers (albeit carrying out trivial tasks). Don't know how the kernel people roll, though. But from the look of it, you're not a developer until your patches are _sort of_ regular. Maybe Mr Pillay knows the answer =P
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