Eugene Teo 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 :)
Ya, I think it is a good idea to keep track of this (I know there is a
lot more going on than I know about, and I'd definately like to find
out). There is even a spot on the wiki for this if anyone is welling to
step up and edit the resulting replies:
http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/OpenSourceContributions
If we don't find any other volunteers, I could look at doing this
perhaps when i'm back in Singapore this weekend (currently traveling and
am in New York at the moment).
Michael.
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