Re: It may sound stupid...
Robert Brockway <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2011, Tanguy LE CARROUR wrote: > So recently I made a decision. If I have not time to work on it, maybe I > should pay someone to do it for me? Maybe not a full time job (I'm not That's a great way to contibute. I have an OSS consultancy and contribute 2% of gross revenue to OSS projects. I also encourage corporate users of OSS to budget a contribution or buy services from the core development team. Quite a number of organisations exist to manage the finances of OSS projects, eg SPI[1]. [1] SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. http://www.spi-inc.org/ Disclaimer: I'm a contributing member of SPI. Another great way for non-developers to contribute to OSS projects is to write documentation. Cheers, Rob -- Email: [email protected] Linux counter ID #16440 IRC: Solver (OFTC & Freenode) Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com Contributing member of Software in the Public Interest (http://spi-inc.org/) Open Source: The revolution that silently changed the world