Comments on: Who Can Contribute to Free Software http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: martin jasny http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-7944 martin jasny Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:30:49 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/#comment-7944 This is a relevant contribution. Many free software packages lack documentation, so providing documentation would be very useful. It would also be very nice if authors of free software would encourage and support this. I myself am a programmer, but I would never touch C/C++ in which most of these packages are written. However, I would love to provide or extend documentation to packages which I use. This is a relevant contribution. Many free software packages lack documentation, so providing documentation would be very useful. It would also be very nice if authors of free software would encourage and support this.

I myself am a programmer, but I would never touch C/C++ in which most of these packages are written. However, I would love to provide or extend documentation to packages which I use.

]]> By: Anonymous http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-7245 Anonymous Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:53:06 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/#comment-7245 While I agree with you that the term "coder" does not apply here, I think "hacker" applies well to people who do not necessarily work with code. "Hackers" can easily include documentation hackers, artistic hackers, bug wrangling hackers, and code hackers. While I agree with you that the term “coder” does not apply here, I think “hacker” applies well to people who do not necessarily work with code. “Hackers” can easily include documentation hackers, artistic hackers, bug wrangling hackers, and code hackers.

]]> By: GadgetGadget.info - Gadgets on the web » Who Can Contribute to Free Software http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-7228 GadgetGadget.info - Gadgets on the web » Who Can Contribute to Free Software Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:07:00 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/11/who-can-contribute-to-free-software/#comment-7228 [...] smmellott wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptA common misconception is that only programmers can contribute to free software. The first significant reference I recall to this was in a presentation by Pia Waugh [1] where she mentioned that she felt that the way words such as … [...] [...] smmellott wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptA common misconception is that only programmers can contribute to free software. The first significant reference I recall to this was in a presentation by Pia Waugh [1] where she mentioned that she felt that the way words such as … [...]

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