How to make meaningful contributions to open source | Linux Today

How to make meaningful contributions to open source

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Jason van Gumster
Mar 4, 2015

While there’s a high percentage of polymaths among open source coders, they simply don’t have the available time to effectively write, test, document, and market their tool, especially if they’re doing this in their free time. So it comes to us. Here’s a rundown, not just of what you can do, but what you should be doing.

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Jason van Gumster

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