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Edent@mastodon.social

Terence Eden

How many public commits do you need to have made before you can call yourself an "Open Source Contributor"?

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NetworkManager@fosstodon.org

NetworkManager

Reply to @Edent@mastodon.social

@Edent thought that by now most people involved in free software (or "open source") would agree it's zero?
some of our most valuable contributions didn't come in form of commits -- be it ideas, articles, or artwork (that @vbabka has a complicated relationship with, due to an unfortunate and mysterious thing that he brought upon his wi-fi driver)

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xgebi@hachyderm.io

Liminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah

Reply to @Edent@mastodon.social

@Edent to my repos or other people's repos? Does creating issues count?

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NetworkManager@fosstodon.org

NetworkManager

Reply to @xgebi@hachyderm.io

@xgebi @Edent please no, we need to fix issues, not add more :(((

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vbabka

Vlastimil Babka

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@NetworkManager @Edent yeah agreed, most of my contributions come in form of shitposts.

(the wi-fi driver issue is solved)
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NetworkManager@fosstodon.org

NetworkManager

Reply to @vbabka

@vbabka @Edent glad your wifi works

for now

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