The strength of the volunteer projects, come directly from the strength of the people involved in them. We invite you to participate in our projects as much, or as little as you are able to. The roles and responsibilities that you can assume are based strictly on merit... evaluated by your peers.
There are a variety of ways for you to participate. But regardless of how you choose to participate, we suggest that you subscribe to any or all, the forums that interest you. Our forums actually serve a similar function as the mailing lists, allowing you to subscribe to a particular thread or all threads in a particular forum... much like a mailing list.
Use the Projects and Give Us Feedback
Using the projects, testing, reporting issues, making feature requests etc. is an essential role. Your feedback helps the projects to improve and grow.
You can:
- Download Project Files (controls, documentation, etc.)
- Subscribe to User Oriented Forums *(keep up with what's going on)
- Participate in User Oriented Forums *(ask questions, offer help, report issues, request enhancements)
Contribute Code Patches or Documentation
In this role, you can participate in the actual development of the code at the "patch" level. If this is the type of role you'd like to play, you can do that by hanging out in the "Developer" oriented forum for your favorite project, testing code, addressing issues locally, and offering suggestions for fixing them. If your contributions take root, you can work yourself into a project team role, if that's what you have a passion for. In addition to the above, you can:
- Participate in Development Forums (identify issues, offer solutions, discuss alternatives)
- Subscribe to the Project Issue Log (receive notice when issues are updated)
- Contribute Documentation or Other Deliverables (if you've done something interesting, it might find a home with other project files)
To avoid legal problems... by submitting a patch, documentation or any other contribution you signify your understanding and acceptance of this condition and attest to your rights to submit the contribution. Or... in plain English... you're saying that you have the legal right to give it to us and that it isn't somebody else's property.