But I think OP *IS* referring to contributions to open source projects in terms of development/code.
KahelOS is an open source project worth noting. Although it's just a distro, there's still some development time spent on it. Not 100% sure on this but there may be Filipino developers who contributed to Sahana through UNDP-IOSN. Also, Dean's metric might have been a project where many contributions come from Filipinos (e.g. Brazil and LibreOffice). In terms of the value of contributing to open source projects, there is money to it. But there are other reasons why other developers submit code: Sharing, freedom, academic or just for kicks. I shared a patch to Asterisk's Queue app once because it was too tedious to patch every single release (just shared, didn't get to file it in properly). I got some inquiries and some email asking for help. I think it's just a matter of building an open source developer culture. Tapping TipidPC folks come into mind. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:44, Wilfred Villarruz <wilfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > contributing to open source is not only about participating in the > development of the source codes or programming. > > we can contribute by using, advocating, and helping other organizations and > individuals with need and less money to acquire expensive commercial > software, use free and open-source software. > > i agree with rogelio, there lots of ways to contribute while earning from > it. > > > > WILFRED MANUEL B. VILLARRUZ > Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Consultant > Mobile: +63920-5974947 > Email: wilfre...@gmail.com > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rogelio Serrano <rogelio.serr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Miguel Paraz <mpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I remember one conclusion from last time was that if someone had the >> > talent and the time, they would better spend it on a sideline rather >> > on working on an open source project. >> >> thats a very old fashioned view of open source. there are so many ways >> to monetize open source. its a collaborative innovation network. when >> other developers download and work on your software they are >> collaborators. all knowledge is open. open source is best explioted by >> a non traditional enterprise. most software people look at software >> creation as a self supporting revenue generating activity. it is not. >> it is not a microsoft like ecosystem. open source is an enabler for >> economic activity. it is free knowledge. its not property. >> >> intel pays people to write open source software to drive hardware >> sales. thats one very nice way to do it. the other is red hat. if you >> want to save time you pay them for the binaries otherwise if you have >> the time and/or people you pay too, you can download the source and >> build them yourself and improve it if you want. >> >> -- >> quarq consulting: agile, open source >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
