A quick question about the most recent definition (which is, I think, clearer than the
last one):
http://www.theopensourceway.org/book/The_Open_Source_Way-Introduction-Ess...
> "When we talk about community in the The Open Source Way, we mean the
> community of contributors who are enablers for all other communities.
> The ones who, by getting things done, make it possible for many,
> many more to get much, much more done."
You say "contributors who are enablers" and "[people who are] getting
things done." My lack of understanding is probably due to my lack of experience in
real OS development communities, but I can see two of interpretations of this (either,
neither or both of which may be true ;-)
(a) you mean the people who are involved in the actual tool development -- submitting
bugs, making patches, etc. For example, everyone who works on the JBoss application (but
not everyone who develops *using* the JBoss application) [and I beg forgiveness if
I've gotten that model wrong].
(b) you mean everyone who works on the project, whether it's on tool development or on
"marketing" materials or on steering committes?
Do you just mean the "contributors" in the tool development sense or everyone?
I suspect it's the latter, but wanted to make sure I was understanding it well.
Thanks,
Gina
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