Any open source contributor here?

[tech291083]

[QUOTE=Lakshmipathi;471771]Actually few months back i almost gave up linux and decided to concentrate on professional job...
out of no where i recieve a patch and comment from user....and again i'm with oss. trying to balance my prof.job and interest in oss.
for my tools click SourceForge.net: numa
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Thanks a lot sir,

Great to hear from people like you. Good luck with your project. So are you a professional programmer?

[Lakshmipathi]

So are you a professional programmer?

yes..i'm very much like other oss people....my job is application programming .. working with input screen and buttons..check box and others...but my interest is system programming and linux.
...there are many slient-programmers(we may not even know there names ) spent considerable time and effort to develop a free softwares and help others.
not only programming...one can see many people here in this forum ..sliently helping others..that's spirit of oss.

[phossein]

This might be off-topic, but I was wondering how I can get involved in an open-source project on sourceforge?
I have sent emails to numerous Developers who work in programming languages and projects which I am interested in, but I haven't received any responses from such.
Should I keep waiting or is there a more formal method of contacting such developers?

Thanks in advance,

[Vergil83]

This might be off-topic, but I was wondering how I can get involved in an open-source project on sourceforge?
I have sent emails to numerous Developers who work in programming languages and projects which I am interested in, but I haven't received any responses from such.
Should I keep waiting or is there a more formal method of contacting such developers?

Thanks in advance,

The best thing to do is start small. Reading the mailing list, send in bug fixes, new features, etc.. If you continue doing this, over time you have a good chance of becoming a developer. They want to get to know you and your abilities before they ask you to become a developer of the software.

[phossein]

Hi Vergil,
That's some great advice. I'll get to it then.
Thanks.

[tech291083]

This might be off-topic, but I was wondering how I can get involved in an open-source project on sourceforge?
I have sent emails to numerous Developers who work in programming languages and projects which I am interested in, but I haven't received any responses from such.
Should I keep waiting or is there a more formal method of contacting such developers?

Thanks in advance,

Please do not give up sir,

some one some where on the world wide web is gonna listen to your request and respond very soon. Good luck with your open source development.

[tech291083]

job is application programming .. there are many slient-programmers(we may not even know there names ) spent considerable time and effort to develop a free softwares.. helping others..that's spirit of oss.

Very true, knowledge should be shared not concealed. Time has come as it seems to me to plung into the sea of open source. Oracle and IBM are investing heavily into it day by day and developers are thinking of moving into the same direction. God help them. All my knowledge of Linux comes from my participation in online forums such as this one, my books are still unopened as they were when they arrived. Your name looks like an Indian to me. I mean no disrespect, but I assume that you are also one of those uncredited geeks who deserve the recognition for their silent contribution all around the globe.