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 :)
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