On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Andrea Aime wrote:
Despite that, user must first and foremost understand they are not the driver.
... unless they pony up with money and/or time. As Tim said, you are either a sink or a source. As an open source developer, I invest in you the user (in money and/or time) by providing documentation (as little as possible to optimize my time), answering your questions directly, and coding in an effort to create more sources that provide me with leverage. Everyone starts out as a sink. The project only grows by producing more sources than sinks. If you are identified as a sink with no hope of ever turning into a source, you will eventually be ignored.
If you want to have a really successful open source experience, you must aspire to being a source as quickly as possible. As a source, you will receive differentially more investment (help, code, docs, and ideas) from other project principles than if your status as a source or sink is unclear.
Use the (and be a) source Luke! Howard _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
