http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2009/08/12/contributing-to-an-open-source-project/ open source software innovation support centre Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2009/08/12/contributing-to-an-open-source-project/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Links 26/08/2009: Ubuntu’s Firefox and JPEG 2000 | Boycott Novell Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:34:27 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2009/08/12/contributing-to-an-open-source-project/#comment-229 [...] Contributing to an open source project An alternative scenario is that Mark simply made a local fix to their Moodle code. Doing that would miss out on the opportunity to engage with and learn from the development community. Worse that fix would have to be reapplied each time a new Moodle release is installed, something that could involve costly merging of changes.However the actual result is that Mark now has better understanding of the code, Moodle has bug fix and both parties have a positive interaction to look back on and that will hopefully encourage further work together. Mark also has a good standing with the Moodle community, something of benefit to him personally as well as his employers. [...] [...] Contributing to an open source project An alternative scenario is that Mark simply made a local fix to their Moodle code. Doing that would miss out on the opportunity to engage with and learn from the development community. Worse that fix would have to be reapplied each time a new Moodle release is installed, something that could involve costly merging of changes.However the actual result is that Mark now has better understanding of the code, Moodle has bug fix and both parties have a positive interaction to look back on and that will hopefully encourage further work together. Mark also has a good standing with the Moodle community, something of benefit to him personally as well as his employers. [...]

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