Re: The Community

On Wednesday 20 June 2007 4:13 pm, Benjamin Long wrote:
> I've been hashing over some thoughts for a few days. The question has come
> to mind: "Who is part of the Opie Community". I've put Google to the task
> of finding out how other Open Source projects define "Community" and found
> differing opinions. Mostly, it seems to revolve around contributions to the
> project. However, many types of contributions are important to a project,
> not just raw lines of code. The best working definition I've found, so far,
> is from Ubuntu:
>
> "Membership in the Ubuntu community recognises participants for a variety
> of contributions, from code to artwork, advocacy, translations and
> organisational skills. If you are active in the Forums, or submitting icons
> or sounds or artwork, then you are eligible for Membership, which gives you
> a say in the governance of the project."[1]
>
> More details about what it takes to become an Ubuntu Member here:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember
>
> I, personally, really like where the Ubuntu project has gone with this. But
> people don't spontaneously become members. First, they have to _want_ to be
> members. So... I pose this question to everyone subscribed to this mailing
> list, and anyone else who reads this email:
>
> Who wants to be a member of the Opie Community?
>
> Please respond to the list, and don't be shy. We need as many people as we
> can get.
>
> Benjamin Long
> AKA: Bipolar
>
> [1] - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes

I like to consider myself part of the community. I have to admit that as Opie
development has diminished, so has my contributions to it. Not that there is
a lack of interest, but simply because my time is limited and it's hard when
you only have a small number of developers contributing.

I am proud of what we have done with Opie, and it is definitely encouraging to
hear that people are still interested in a software platform that really
hasn't had much change in the last couple of years (and I do not mean to
diminish the contributions recently with the impending release of Opie
1.2.3).

I hope we can continue forward with this goal of creating the most
advanced/cool/bad-ass user environment for embedded Linux devices, and I want
to be part of that and contribute where I can.

Dan 'drw' Williams
Received on Sat Jun 23 2007 - 14:54:58 EDT