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Understanding open source #8

Open jbjonesjr opened 6 years ago

jbjonesjr commented 6 years ago

https://hackernoon.com/i-thought-i-understood-open-source-i-was-wrong-cf54999c097b

I used to interact with open source software as a customer getting a freebie.

There, I said it: I used to add that library or that snippet to my code to integrate a new feature, and, if something went wrong, I would go back to the GitHub repo and open an issue about it; I’d try to be a good issue writer most times, but I’ve also written my good share of dumb “+1/me too” comments.

I believed that the maintainers, the people creating the code I was using, were there to produce an excellent product — and by giving them feedback about how to add a feature, or asking for an ETA on something an issue was about, was a legit and standard way to cooperate. I expected that they would gladly accept my suggestion and modify their roadmap to accommodate my wish.

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The first person that should solve that issue, the one you wrote, should be no other than yourself.

https://twitter.com/jamonholmgren/status/947572237170700288 (If you use an open source project, you become one of its developers. Act that way.)