[olug] Open source project contributors.

[John Hobbs]

I've done a bunch of stuff, nothing big.  I prefer to work upstream from
distros.  I've always had a positive experience, there is a big community
out there.  I posted a want ad for translators for my clearpass.org project
and got five languages within a week.  My only bad experience has been with
Gtkmm. Murray can be a little rough on people sometimes.

I'd say pick a project you _use and love_, get on their lists and ask what
needs to be done, then do it consistently and on time and you'll get
recognized and utilized.

- John Hobbs

john at velvetcache.org

http://www.velvetcache.org/


On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:41 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I can't code, so when I volunteer it is to do things like confirm
> bugs, proofread, edit wikis, etc.
>
> I'm currently volunteering on an FOSS MMORPG called PlaneShift as a
> writer/designer.
>
> They've been around a few years, and they have a decent playable
> product right now.  The game is completely free (no up-sell on premium
> content) and will always remain free.  However, they really need some
> more programmers and artists.  They built on top of the FOSS Crystal
> Space engine, and they are in the middle of migrating to the new
> engine version.  That also means redoing a lot of the art to handle
> new engine features.
>
> I like the fact that I won't be contributing to some project that
> never releases, and that I can contribute without programming.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone been involved in an open source project? This could have been
> as
> > a programmer, tester, packaging, or whatever. What kinds of projects have
> > you worked on? What was your experience like? I was looking at Ubuntu's
> > website to see how to contribute to the project and at sourceforge.netat
> > projects that are looking for contributors, but I wanted to get some
> insight
> > before I volunteered. I have no professional experience as a developer
> but I
> > would love to contribute. How about OLUG, are there any software projects
> > going on here?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason Z.
> >
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