On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Ray Rashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Anyone who contributes or has contributed work to an open source project should fall under this category. So, doing a roll call in this list. Whoever has contributed something to an open source project, list your name, nationality, and project :) Eugene _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
