[LRUG] Paths to open source contributions

[Tim Benest]

One motivation is that you want to give something back. Giving
financially as well as intellectually is an important facet to note.
If your commercial project gains from open source projects, then it
only seem fit to give something back to the community. There are many
open software foundations that aim to "feed the open source
developer", when working on the project becomes a full time  job.

Just my tuppence worth

Tim

2009/5/7 Vahagn Hayrapetyan <vahagnh at gmail.com>:
> Hello,-
>
> I've been browsing the often impressive open source contributions of some of
> the Rails / Ruby luminaries when it struck me that I don't really understand
> how most open source projects originate. Essentially what I'd like to know
> is whether such contributions are most typically the bi-product of some main
> development effort or are they conceptualized and implemented for their own
> sake, from the very start.
>
> So if you have open source contributions, I hope you'll shed some light as
> to why you have them:
>
> You were solving a problem for yourself (a pet project perhaps), and ended
> up with extra code that you released as open source;
> You were working on someone else's problem (such as a client's), and ended
> up with extra code that you released as open source;
> You were bored and decided to make a contribution for the fun of it;
> You were being strategic. You realized that for the Kool Kids to work with
> you and the Beautiful People to go to bed with you, you NEED to have open
> source contributions before we arrive at web 3.12. (This is the path I'm
> feeling irresistibly pulled towards, by the force of destiny).
>
> As I realize that human behaviour is often influenced by several factors,
> compound answers (such as 1&4; or 3&4) are of particular interest.
>
> Thanks!
>
> / Vahagn
>
>
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