On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Why should I contribute to Free Software?" > > There is one obvious benefit if one believes in Free Software as an > idea or they are Free Software users. We will discuss some other > benefits which may not be obvious. Some of the points to highlight > are, > > - Working with best programmers in the world is an experience you > won't get in a classroom or college lab. > - Working on code that is used by thousands of people every day is > a unique opportunity to test the ideas we learn as part of our > courses. > - Anyone can look at your code and evaluate you better. Gives you a > better chance than may be a certificate or a good mark list that every > one of you already have. > - Code accepted into these projects are a testimony about the > quality of your code, because there are strict quality control and lot > of peer reviews before any code is accepted into these projects. > - Ability to learn and play with latest and evolving technologies. > - There is no compulsion, you chose what you like and you do it at > your pace and interest. > - We can help you find mentors in areas you want to focus. Some of > us would be happy to help you get going with diaspora. We will start > with a Ruby on Rails workshop so that all you have to have is an > interest to contribute. > > What is in there for us who are out to help you? We believe in Free > Software and we want to make it better. We are always looking to > expand our community. > > Comments and additions welcome, the aim is to give a brief idea of > benefits to students contributing to Free Software, motivate them to > attend Ruby on Rails workshop (on 9th July) and get more contributors > to diaspora (may be for other Free Software projects too if there is > an interest). > > Date: 3rd July 2011 > Location: VIT Bibwewadi (near Katraj), Computer Science > Department, Room no 1301. > Time: 10 am. > > If you would like to attend it, sign up at > https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Pune-diaspora-meetup-2 > > If you are already a contributor to any Free Software project, we > would love to have you come and talk about your project and > experience, you might get some new contributors too. > > Diaspune community has its discussion group at > http://diaspune.onlinegroups.net/groups/dias_pune You can join in and > share your ideas. > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your > rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as > they follow the rules: laws and constitution. > > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List Hi Praveen, I have an online learning community where I try to help students learn computer science topics within a supportive online community, and in the process also document their learning by creating open source projects and blogging their reflections. If there is time for me to talk, I would love to talk about how students can also leverage new media along with contributing to open source software to document their understanding of a topic and to establish reputation in their community of practice. BTW, you mention that the session begins at 10:00 AM. How long is it expected to last? -- Thanks & Regards Parag Shah http://diycomputerscience.com http://blog.adaptivesoftware.biz _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
