Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

----- Original Message ----

> From: Drew Jensen <drew@baseanswers.com>
> On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 20:30 +0200, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> > Le Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:16:37 -0400,
> > Drew Jensen <drew@baseanswers.com> a écrit  :
> > > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 16:57 +0200, Gianluca Turconi  wrote:
> > > > Il 20/10/2010 16.36, Mike Dupont ha scritto:
> >  > > > 1. what will it cost if you have to rewrite the authors code  and
> > > > > all derived works.
> > > > > 2. what if  you just remove the code
> > > >
> > > > Contributions are  not only code. There are a lot of intangibles.
> > >  > Marketing, lobbying and advocating work are some examples.k

> - if you  do that AND you also are active on the MLs here, you are on the
> marketing  conference calls and you pitch in to help write and execute a
> marketing plan.  Then you _are_ working on the project.

Agreed, though I wouldn't just say the MLs, but the forums, etc. You have to be 
part of the community as well; not just out saying things about it.
I've come and gone through a number of communities - Subversion, Samba, PHP, to 
name a couple - over the years as interests, time, and demands require.
I haven't quite contributed to any them in terms of code, but I was contributing 
to them in terms of user support - helping people with questions, etc; and in 
some cases submitting feature requests, etc.
All of that is contribution.

Perhaps another model to consider is Gentoo's model - 
http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/.
Many contribute on the list, but only a few are brought into the Gentoo 
Foundation.


Ben


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