Posted by: Anonymous
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on September 15, 2008 04:10 PM
Drew,
no, I don't think the tone of the article was bullying and I certainly agree with this statement of yours: I feel the barrier to entry to becoming a contributor is a lot lower than a lot of people think. The first step is being aware of the options.
I took the article as an occasion to make a related, general point, certainly not to attack the article in itself or its author. In my mind, I was talking to the generic, average FOSS supporters who still think that EVERY FOSS user, just for being a FOSS user, still has some moral obligation to give back not to the bigger community (society as a whole) but just to the FOSS community. Sorry if I didn't make this clearer. I'm also glad that you read a lot of my work. Feel free to comment on it (in private email, of course) any time, I'm interested.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 213.203.159.55] on September 15, 2008 04:10 PMno, I don't think the tone of the article was bullying and I certainly agree with this statement of yours: I feel the barrier to entry to becoming a contributor is a lot lower than a lot of people think. The first step is being aware of the options.
I took the article as an occasion to make a related, general point, certainly not to attack the article in itself or its author. In my mind, I was talking to the generic, average FOSS supporters who still think that EVERY FOSS user, just for being a FOSS user, still has some moral obligation to give back not to the bigger community (society as a whole) but just to the FOSS community. Sorry if I didn't make this clearer. I'm also glad that you read a lot of my work. Feel free to comment on it (in private email, of course) any time, I'm interested.
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