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Thanks for taking the time to share this, bluesmoon. It's an excellent counterpoint with a broader perspective than my post.

I've learned a lot about this over the past couple of days just from the comments here, on Twitter, and on my blog.

A lot of it has been just learning not to lump all of "open source" into one big scary thing, but to find the smallest unit of work you're capable of doing, and to find a project with a supportive team who will be patient with you.

I think you are owed some of the credit for this story, as George found a project where his contributions are valued and the maintainers were patient with him.

For me, so far, this has been BDSM with Wayne E. Seguin, who goes WAY above and beyond to nurture this kind of environment for his projects and encourage contribution.

Thanks for sharing this. I think open source would have a lot more activity if newbies like me had George's persistence and maintainers had your patience.




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