Re: [RFC] Call for more development participation

I am definitely interested in contributing, somehow I feel that 
contributing to open source programs gives me a sense of satisfaction!

Though, I would need to be more familiar with the codes first!

I am actually working on the smsc_cpa module, will try to release a 
patch once I got it tested and working.

Cheers,
Phuah Yee Keat

Stipe Tolj wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> we expect that we have a huge ammount of people reading the list
> because they use Kannel actively as SMS or/and WAP gateway for their
> commercial purposes. 
> 
> Alexander and I had a couple of discussions today about how strong (or
> consider the word weak better) the participation in the Kannel Group
> is concerning bug fixing, feature enhancements and general development
> activities.
> 
> Unfortunatly we both came to the conclussion that it is *very poor*.
> 
> It's almost unacceptable that currently only a couple of people are
> commited to the efforts of Kannel and it's future development.
> 
> We don't claim responsibility. This is still an open source project
> and as people can deside to contribute they can alos deside to stop
> contribution. This was the case for WapIT and 3G Lab (as companies) in
> example.
> 
> But we *do claim* responsibility of parties that take the benefits of
> open source by monetozing the work others do for their personal use.
> Those people should be aware of their "responsibility" and should
> contribute to the benefits of their own and the benefits of those who
> made their initial life with Kannel easier.
> 
> So please take this as moral conclussion in terms of the upcoming
> chrismas days and think about the ideas and roles of participation
> within open source software projects... to refraze it in religion
> words: "it's worth more to give, then to take."
> 
> Stipe
> 
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