Dear Mr. Oseguera:
The concept of open source and the way it is practiced (GPL, near GPL
and other near open source licenses) allows anyone to participate in
any open source project. It doesn't matter whether it is constructing
drivers, writing applications -- the project can literally be anything.
Usually in a particular project for an example OpenOffice.org the only
thing one need do is consider what skills one has, what one can
realistically offer and then find a comparable function or task within
OpenOffice that one can participate with. It is perfectly fine to
learn as one "goes along".
If one has stronger skills then, why not allow oneself to engage in a
project such as correcting or modifying drivers or kernels (or anything
else) as long as you (or the interested party) has introduced oneself
to the regular members of the team of that project and expressed your
interest in participating at the level you wish to. Such participation
can become a whole different manner of entertainment and relaxation, if
it is unrelated to one's regular work or "day job". One fellow worked
in a patent office and participated in a project figuring out how to
manipulate CPU memory registers more efficiently, utilizing Linux as
his laboratory. The result is that over time he learned so much that
his skill completely superceded and proved superior to efforts of world
class teams following a different approach addressing the same problem!
He recently got written up in the NY Times the article is entitled:
"Writing the Fastest Code, by Hand, for Fun: A Human Computer Keeps
Speeding Up Chips" By JOHN MARKOFF Published: November 28, 2005; his
name is Kazushige Goto.
Yes, he is an engineer. However, one does not have to be an engineer
to engage in any open source project. Of course, one should prepare to
study/review/improve oneself in various aspects of computer related
topics and issues but which one, may not be really clear until you have
"entered the fray" i.e., entered that project. The general experience
has been that many persons rise to the challenge of the project and
improve their skills greatly, which can be used in other areas.
So, yes, if one is willing to focus on work/development/improvement as
one masters the tasks involved at whatever level one can participate
in, then in that sense any project one chooses to work with is truly,
in your words, a "bold" endeavor expanding what is possible with
oneself, as a form of self-actualization, while also strengthening the
community open source participation and the quality of that project's
output overall.
On Dec 1, 2005, at 8:17 PM, Francisco Oseguera G. wrote:
Hey, Mr. Centeno...
>
> Does one dare dream?
>
...do you mean, tweaking the drivers in order to get them working?
Sounds bold...
And as long as it gives back the music, it also sounds worthy...
Regards
Mr. Oseguera
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