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This is the GitHub Pages repository for the Jamulus main website. For the jamulus application source code, please visit jamulussoftware/jamulus.
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Add translate as way to contribute to homepage #279

Closed ann0see closed 3 years ago

ann0see commented 3 years ago

Apart from that, I suggest to add this sentence in the "Contribute!" block on https://jamulus.io/:

Contribute!

Ideas? Found a bug? Want to contribute? Or help translating into your language? Since Jamulus is free and open source software licensed under the GPL you can help us!

Originally posted by @jerogee in https://github.com/jamulussoftware/jamulus/issues/77#issuecomment-769421362

gilgongo commented 3 years ago

Yes. Also BTW @pljones raised the issue that in English, the word "contribute" means donating money, which it can do in some contexts. Although I think it's rather doubtful anyone would actually think we want monetary contributions, perhaps we might say "Help out!" rather than "Contribute!"? Although that phrase can be used to imply monetary donation too, I think it's perhaps a bit softer.

Not sure if this is an issue in other languages.

ignotus666 commented 3 years ago

What about "collaborate"?

gilgongo commented 3 years ago

Yes - and there is "participate" too. Neither of which imply money so that's good. Although "collaboration" tends to get used as a function (so Jamulus is collaborative software - a possible ambiguity?)

gilgongo commented 3 years ago

I'm leaning toward "participate", although by chance the term "help out" interestingly echoes "need help?" on the home page...

Choices, choices...!

pljones commented 3 years ago

Contribute!

This is what I was thinking could be "Want to get involved?" (The exclamation mark itself makes the original an order...)

Ideas? Found a bug? Want to contribute? Or help translating into your language? Since Jamulus is free and open source software licensed under the GPL you can help us!

I think - reading it again - it actually meant "Got some code for us?" as something that could be contributed. That, itself, should be mentioned.

gilgongo commented 3 years ago

OK so if the heading is "Want to get involved?" and the body says:

"Ideas? Found a bug? Want to contribute some code or help translating into your language? Since Jamulus is free and open source software licensed under the GPL you can help us!"

I like "want to get involved?" because of its oblique reference to The Chicken and the Pig.