On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Eugene Teo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 :)

Suddenly, everyone is so shy...

Eugene

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