"Session ID","Submit Time","Question 1: I help spread information about computers and software by (check all that apply):","Question 1: Answering questions or making other contributions on mailing lists","Question 1: Writing project documentation","Question 1: Writing my own web pages","Question 1: Writing on wikis","Question 1: Editing documents, translating documents, or doing tech reviews","Question 1: Doing administration for these documentation projects","Question 1: Other, please specify","Question 2: The software projects where I make these contributions are:","Question 3: I contribute for the following reasons (please rate from 1 to 4):","Question 3: Informal support (Definition: Many software developers and other people go on forums to offer technical support, which promotes use of the software.)","Question 3: Mutual aid (Definition: People contribute help in the expectation that they'll get help in turn when they need it.)","Question 3: Gratitude (Definition: People say, I received help when I was new to this technology, so I want to help others.)","Question 3: Reputation building (Definition: Consultants, trainers, job-seekers, authors, and others who hope to build a career go online to build up recognition and respect.)","Question 3: Personal growth (Definition: By offering advice to others and by following them through the process of repairing a problem, contributors build their own diagnostic and communication skills.)","Question 3: Community building (Definition: People who care about a software project want to build a community around this. They contribute to draw other people into the community, and perhaps to set standards for use of the software as well as standards for participation in the community.)","Question 3: The enjoyment of writing (Definition: Many people like to write, and may decide their skills will be put to good use on this software project.)","Question 3: Thrills (Definition: There's pleasure in seeing your insights turn up almost instantly on a forum with worldwide scope, as well as watching others succeed with your help and praise you for it.)","Question 4: Please list any other factors that motivate you to contribute to documentation projects that were not listed in the prior question." "128714401","2007-01-24 01:33:00","","X","X","","X","","","","MythTV, Ubuntu, various Perl modules, Dovecot, Postfix, ht://Dig, Apache.","","3","3","2","2","2","3","1","1","" "128714828","2007-01-24 01:37:00","","X","X","X","","","","Teaching classes","perl, web apps","","1","1","1","2","2","2","1","1","My main motivation is altruism: I do not need to get anything for my contributions so long as other people benefit from them. I also perform much other community service outside of software development for the same reason." "128715279","2007-01-24 01:34:00","","X","","","X","","","","CGI::Application, perl [boston.pm list], wikipedia","","1","3","4","2","2","3","2","1","avoidance of other work" "128715943","2007-01-24 01:36:00","","X","X","X","","","X","","usenet, ubuntu forums, our own internal docs for systems based on OSS","","4","4","4","1","4","4","2","2","Give and take! If one is willing to take help from the lists when needed, one should be willing to give help when one can. Its the way the cycle is supposed to work!!!" "128728690","2007-01-24 02:13:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","perl, wikipedia, ","","3","2","4","4","4","4","2","2","" "128730478","2007-01-24 02:22:00","","X","X","","X","","","Answering questions on websites (perlmonks.org)","Mostly Perl.","","1","1","3","3","3","4","3","4","" "128732981","2007-01-24 02:34:00","","X","","","","","","participating in irc channels","Perl","","3","4","1","2","3","1","3","1","" "128735588","2007-01-24 02:56:00","","X","","","X","","X","","GNOME (unpaid), OpenWengo (part of paid work)","","3","3","2","2","4","4","3","1","Nature abhors a vacuum. I'm just being natural, and poor docs are better than no docs at all. " "128756244","2007-01-24 05:30:00","","X","X","X","","X","","","general things here and there","","3","3","4","2","3","2","3","2","Work with people around the world with similar interests." "128768791","2007-01-24 07:39:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","blogging","Lyceum, Osprey, Linux Documentation Project","","3","3","3","3","3","3","3","3","" "128778366","2007-01-24 10:23:00","","X","X","X","","X","X","Editor for Linux Gazette.","Er, lots of places. Ones where I'm aware of being credited include the Linuxcare Bootable Business Card, its LNX-BBC successor, and the FreeIPMI project, off the top of my head.","","1","1","3","3","3","2","2","2","" "128779842","2007-01-25 01:25:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","LDP, Drupal","","3","3","4","3","3","2","4","1","" "128780645","2007-01-24 11:24:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","openSUSE, Linux-France.org, many others","","1","2","4","2","4","3","2","1","" "128780773","2007-01-24 11:29:00","","","","","","","","Contributing to Linux Documentation Project","","","2","3","3","1","4","3","4","4","" "128780921","2007-01-24 11:38:00","","X","","","","","","","OmegaT","","4","1","1","1","1","1","1","1","Why not contribute by helping if I can (which unfortunately is seldom enough)? I use a lot of open-source appliances built by the community, so I really want to give something back :)" "128781127","2007-01-25 12:06:00","","X","X","X","","","","","afick, rpmrebuild, rpmrestore, rpmorphan, projinfo, webminstat, nagiosgraph, fail2ban ...","","2","3","1","1","3","2","1","1","" "128781325","2007-01-24 11:46:00","","X","","X","X","X","X","Organization of localization, asking ","OmegaT, MediaWiki","","4","3","1","3","2","4","3","1","Just having fun doing these things." "128781495","2007-01-24 11:50:00","","X","","X","X","","X","involved in ISO-639-6 and the promotion of langua","http://omegawiki.org","","2","4","1","4","4","4","","2","By getting language standards adopted, content in the minor languages will be better found on the Internet" "128782529","2007-01-25 12:25:00","","X","","X","X","","","","I mostly make contributions about linux and linux kernel. I have written a commentary on the linux scheduler and also on how to implement a system call on linux. There are also detailed guidelines about how to install/use other softwares like git, user-mode-linux, etc.","","4","3","4","3","3","4","2","3","" "128783492","2007-01-25 12:50:00","","X","","X","X","X","X","","OpenOffice.org","","1","3","2","3","3","4","1","2","" "128784933","2007-01-25 01:30:00","","X","","X","X","","","","OmegaT","","3","4","4","1","4","2","3","3","" "128792512","2007-01-25 04:33:00","","X","","X","","","","","Perl // Perl and XML // XML::Twig","","4","2","3","3","4","4","1","3","" "128793155","2007-01-25 04:39:00","","","X","","","","","","Rails // WordPress // OpenOffice.org // ","","1","3","4","1","2","2","3","2","I want to contribute something back and I do less damage writing than hacking" "128793534","2007-01-25 04:42:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","ubuntu debian generic","","3","4","3","2","2","3","2","2","" "128793650","2007-01-25 04:44:00","","X","","X","","X","X","Write for magazines","www.sheflug.org.uk // www.linuxuser.co.uk // www.fosdem.org // www.apache.org","","3","3","1","2","3","3","4","1","" "128793729","2007-01-25 04:46:00","","X","","X","X","","","","FC6, Linux QuickCam USB driver, general purpose Linux mailing list (linux-users@linux-sxs.org)","","2","3","3","1","4","2","2","1","" "128793771","2007-01-25 04:45:00","","X","X","","","","","","Mandriva, ubuntu, postfix","","2","1","4","1","2","2","3","3","" "128795650","2007-01-25 08:26:00","","X","","","X","X","","irc help channels (channel operator, helper etc.)","Ubuntu Linux , mainly. Also some general Linux mailing lists ( LUGs etc )","","2","2","2","1","3","4","3","2","" "128795789","2007-01-25 05:09:00","","X","","","X","X","","","fedora, gnome, firefox, gramps, geany","","2","2","2","1","3","3","1","2","Improving the software (fixing bugs, adding features) so that I find it easier and more enjoyable to use, and better suited to the work I do with it." "128796028","2007-01-25 05:12:00","","X","","","","X","","","Fedora Core","","4","4","3","1","3","3","2","1","" "128796038","2007-01-25 05:10:00","","","X","X","","","X","","Alpha Web Framework","","2","2","4","3","4","3","3","3","" "128796193","2007-01-25 05:14:00","","X","","","","","X","","Ubuntu // Multignometerminal // Sylpheed // Bluefish","","3","4","4","1","2","3","3","2","" "128796526","2007-01-25 05:18:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","Sender Policy Framework (SPF) - http://www.openspf.org/ // Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/","","3","4","4","3","2","3","1","3","Trying to make the world a better place." "128796725","2007-01-25 05:16:00","","X","X","X","","X","","","NetBSD","","2","3","3","4","4","3","3","2","" "128796836","2007-01-25 05:56:00","","X","","","X","","","","Wikipedia, Excel, Business Objects","","1","2","1","3","3","2","2","3","procrastination" "128797012","2007-01-25 05:19:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","Mozilla","","3","4","3","4","3","2","3","1","" "128797165","2007-01-25 05:19:00","","X","","X","","X","X","","","","4","3","2","1","1","3","3","2","" "128797499","2007-01-25 05:23:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Fedora Core and Mandriva","","3","4","4","2","4","4","1","1","" "128797632","2007-01-25 05:23:00","","X","","","","","","","Ruby,Ubuntu","","4","3","3","3","3","3","1","1","" "128798273","2007-01-25 05:47:00","","X","","X","X","","","","netbsd, openldap","","2","4","3","2","3","2","2","2","" "128798993","2007-01-25 05:36:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","","","1","3","1","2","3","2","3","3","" "128799596","2007-01-25 05:39:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","In house company projects","","2","3","1","1","3","1","1","1","One day one of the muppets i'm helping is going to write code i'd have to fix, so it'll be easier if it ws done in a way i was already familiar with." "128800025","2007-01-25 05:44:00","","X","","","X","X","","","OpenMoko // Wikipedia // ","","3","3","3","2","3","2","1","3","I just like to help others." "128800133","2007-01-25 05:45:00","","X","","","X","","","Answering questions on IRC","lighttpd, irssi, ubuntu, perl","","4","3","3","2","4","3","1","2","Discovering how people are using the software" "128801291","2007-01-25 05:51:00","","X","X","X","","X","","Writing magazine articles, giving talks","Ruby, DataVision, ICE (Information and Content Exchange), BDB JE, in-house projects, more","","3","3","2","3","3","2","3","3","" "128802445","2007-01-25 06:02:00","","X","","X","","X","","","MySQL PHP","","2","4","2","2","3","2","4","2","" "128802765","2007-01-25 06:00:00","","X","","","","","","","","","2","3","3","1","2","2","2","1","" "128804157","2007-01-25 06:10:00","","X","","X","","","","","Debian // Ubuntu // ","","4","3","4","2","4","3","2","2","" "128806299","2007-01-25 06:19:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Xen,openMosix,systemImager,openQRM, ant lot of others","","3","4","3","3","3","4","2","3","" "128808657","2007-01-25 06:32:00","","X","","X","","","","","Experts Exchange and lots of places for Delphi experts","","3","4","2","2","3","3","3","3","Actually, it's just fun." "128808844","2007-01-25 06:35:00","","X","","","X","X","","","CRE, Ubuntu Linux, gentoo Linux, mySQL, Oracle, W3C, GIMP, others","","2","3","3","2","3","2","2","2","" "128808990","2007-01-25 06:34:00","","X","","X","X","","","","wikipedia/mediawiki // wordpress // // ","","1","4","2","2","2","1","1","2","lots of free time :)" "128811951","2007-01-25 06:50:00","","X","X","X","","","","Blogging","Ruby and related libraries.","","4","3","2","3","3","3","3","4","I use it myself, too." "128813577","2007-01-25 06:57:00","","X","","","","","X","","","","2","3","2","3","2","3","1","3","" "128813885","2007-01-25 07:19:00","","X","","","X","","","","RT","","3","3","3","1","1","3","1","2","A tiny amount of guilt. RT charges for commercial support, but I didn't need/buy any. Maybe this is the same as community building, but contributing back is a payment in-kind, that frees the developers to do more development. " "128814658","2007-01-25 07:26:00","","","X","X","X","","","","","","2","4","3","2","3","3","3","1","" "128815501","2007-01-25 07:40:00","","X","X","","","X","","","legOS, BrickOS - embedded operating system for the Lego Mindstorm RCX brick","","2","2","3","1","3","3","1","2","" "128815607","2007-01-25 07:08:00","","X","","","","","","","Ubuntu Linux 6.10","","1","1","4","4","1","1","4","4","" "128816850","2007-01-25 07:16:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","Giving presentations to local/regional LUGs","linux-ip.net (mine), LARTC, MadLUG, GnuPG, ","","2","2","3","3","3","2","3","2","" "128819724","2007-01-25 07:35:00","","X","X","X","","","","","Debian Linux, mutt, vim, screen, getmail, fetchmail, rxvt-unicode","","3","4","4","2","3","4","3","1","" "128820314","2007-01-25 07:32:00","","X","","","","","","","Fedora FC6","","1","4","4","1","4","4","1","1","" "128820523","2007-01-25 07:31:00","","X","","","X","","","","","","3","3","3","2","1","1","1","1","" "128822548","2007-01-25 07:41:00","","X","X","X","","","","","TextMate","","3","4","4","2","3","4","3","3","" "128822699","2007-01-25 07:42:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","Asterisk, OpenSER, PHP","","3","3","3","2","3","4","2","1","" "128823644","2007-01-25 07:47:00","","X","X","","","","","","mod_perl, Class::DBI, perlmonks.org","","4","4","3","4","3","4","2","3","" "128824705","2007-01-25 07:52:00","","X","X","","","","","","DoccBook, Apache CXF","","1","3","3","1","1","3","1","2","" "128825272","2007-01-25 07:56:00","","X","","X","","X","X","","Mostly for relations of mine and friends. I also use ubuntu forums.","","4","3","4","3","4","4","4","3","" "128825337","2007-01-25 07:56:00","","X","","X","","","","","Python, ZSI, pygtk","","3","3","3","3","4","4","2","2","Sometimes helps me to understand something better. It often prompts me to look at the source code for the item in question and understand how it works." "128825749","2007-01-25 07:56:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","","","3","3","3","4","4","4","3","4","" "128826749","2007-01-25 08:01:00","","X","","","X","","","","Maven2, Grails, Springframework, Tomcat","","1","3","3","1","1","3","2","1","" "128827473","2007-01-25 08:05:00","","X","","","","","","","Gentoo Linux, Vim, Kubuntu linux","","1","3","3","2","2","2","3","2","" "128833985","2007-01-25 08:30:00","","X","X","X","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "128834732","2007-01-25 08:34:00","","X","","","","X","","","CGI::Application and other CPAN modules","","3","4","4","3","4","4","2","2","" "128836921","2007-01-25 08:45:00","","X","","X","","","","","FreeBSDs, BSDs, Linux, foros ,BSDForums.org, Eldemonio.org, lliurex.net.....","","3","3","1","3","3","3","3","2","communicate with other people that share yours goals" "128838378","2007-01-25 08:49:00","","X","X","","X","","","","Perl/CPAN, mod_perl, any FOSS language or tool I happen to be using regularly at the moment.","","3","4","2","3","3","3","2","2","" "128839982","2007-01-25 09:13:00","","","X","X","X","","","","kubuntu (general desktop usage)","","4","3","2","2","2","3","3","1","for me it was a long trip to learn what I share now, and when I feel that a documentation is very needed (many people in my environment are asking for it) then I prefer to write it in a public wiki rather then personal mails. Even if the first versions circulate only among my friends." "128840039","2007-01-25 08:55:00","","X","","","X","X","","","Fedora Project","","2","3","4","3","4","4","3","4","" "128840646","2007-01-25 08:58:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","python, scipy/numpy/numeric/matplotlib // refbase, zotero, other bibliographic programs // grace // vim // thunderbird // (al)pine // a few others","","4","2","3","2","3","4","1","3","" "128842969","2007-01-25 09:08:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","sycamore wiki, wikispot, IBMS","","2","2","1","1","3","4","2","1","" "128844314","2007-01-25 09:12:00","","X","","","","","","","PHP mailing list, very occasionally the MySQL mailing list","","4","1","1","1","4","4","4","1","" "128845051","2007-01-25 09:19:00","","X","","X","","","","Particpating in Forums","Oracle database - I guess this may not be the sort of software project you were thinking about.","","1","2","2","3","3","3","4","3","It's a good way to get ideas validated - if I write something that's incorrect, incomplete or just plain stupid somebody will be sure to let me know!" "128846176","2007-01-25 09:20:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","All kinds of linux administrative tasks","","1","2","4","1","4","4","2","3","" "128846938","2007-01-25 09:26:00","","X","","X","X","","","","LyX, mostly. Web pages concern apache, php, perl, etc.","","1","1","1","1","2","4","2","1","It helps people out. It's a nice thing to do. I'm amazed that isn't included anywhere on the list of reasons. Indeed, the one about community building itself has this 'what will I get out of it?' feel. What I meant was: The people who use the software are a community. We contribute not to draw more into the community, though that's a nice thing, nor because we want to set standards, but because we want to take care of each other." "128847060","2007-01-25 09:24:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Portland Linux/UNIX Group, Cyrus IMAP, my own wiki","","4","3","3","4","4","4","2","3","" "128847941","2007-01-25 03:33:00","","X","","X","X","","","evangelizing stuff","tomcat, java, struts","","2","2","3","3","4","4","1","2","make the world a better place. Set an example to others" "128852437","2007-01-25 09:45:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","socialtext // selenium // cpan packages","","3","3","2","1","3","3","1","2","" "128852909","2007-01-25 09:46:00","","X","","X","X","","","Writing an O'Reilly book!","SCons, Mercury, CVS, Jira","","2","3","3","3","2","2","3","1","" "128858638","2007-01-25 10:13:00","","X","","X","","","","Speaking at user groups","Currently Flex // It is usually related to whatever technologies I'm currently using","","3","2","3","3","4","3","2","3","I'm usually talking about problems I've run into myself and I figure if I had that issue someone else might also." "128862359","2007-01-25 10:29:00","","X","","","","","","","asterisk","","3","3","3","4","1","1","2","2","" "128863924","2007-01-25 10:34:00","","X","X","X","","","","","Linux Documentation Project","","2","3","3","3","4","4","4","3","Get job offers from commercial entities as a result of name recognition / reputation building." "128868351","2007-01-25 10:54:00","","X","","","","","","","Blosxom, Wordpress","","1","3","3","1","1","1","3","1","It's a skill I have - I'm not a great developer but can write well. It's doing my part." "128868418","2007-01-25 10:55:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","procmail, perl5, pugs, dvd-slideshow, others (sorry...failing memory with age!)","","2","3","3","2","1","3","2","2","To provide information to potential developers in the hope that they will improve the software in future" "128868510","2007-01-25 12:53:00","","X","","X","","","","","Oracle","","3","2","4","3","4","3","3","3","" "128873200","2007-01-25 11:19:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","Greasemonkey, Userscripts.org, Drupal, Rails, Mochikit","","3","3","2","2","3","3","2","2","Giving back to the community - the number of times I've personally been helped by something an OSS volunteer has written, vastly outnumbers my efforts to help others, and it sucks to solve problems that must have already been solved countless other times by other people." "128874362","2007-01-25 11:17:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Various small open source projects","","2","4","1","1","2","4","2","2","Somewhere between community building and mutual aid is the general concept of making the web a better place and just, well, karma; by passing on any information you may have laboured over yourself, that could save someone else time. Or by helping point someone in the right direction which takes you a minimal amount of time, but saves them a lot." "128875510","2007-01-25 11:21:00","","X","","X","X","","X","","ruby, camping, cosign, apache","","3","4","3","3","3","4","2","3","the obvious need for additional support for academic and small-business users of open source software, given their limited budget and staffing" "128875561","2007-01-25 11:21:00","","X","X","X","","","","","","","3","3","3","4","3","4","2","4","" "128876575","2007-01-25 11:36:00","","X","","X","X","","","","RubyOnRails/Ruby","","1","4","3","1","3","2","3","4","" "128877022","2007-01-25 11:28:00","","X","","X","","","","","Oracle APEX (Application Express)","","3","2","2","3","2","3","2","3","" "128877211","2007-01-25 11:30:00","","X","","","X","","","","","","1","1","4","1","2","3","1","1","" "128882260","2007-01-25 11:47:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","PHPWiki, anything ruby related","","3","3","2","3","4","3","2","4","Low barrier to entry in a new project." "128882377","2007-01-25 11:56:00","","X","X","","X","","","","openSUSE Linux mainly, and several other OSS projects such as klik, KDE, and in past I also worked with Mandriva, OpenOffice, GIMP, TheOpenCD and many other OSS projects...","","4","3","4","1","4","4","2","3","Self-Education - I learn the software during the documentation phase - that is - I use while explaining, I understood myself technics." "128894250","2007-01-25 12:29:00","","X","X","X","","","","","the linux documentation project // openbox // python // pliant // other // ","","3","4","2","3","2","3","2","1","" "128895038","2007-01-25 12:30:00","","X","","","","X","","","","","2","4","3","2","3","1","4","1","" "128896277","2007-01-25 12:35:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","ruby (currently) // guile, gtk-perl, and koha (past)","","3","2","4","2","3","4","3","2","" "128896949","2007-01-25 12:37:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","kwiki, ejabberd","","4","3","2","1","2","4","1","4","" "128905415","2007-01-25 01:08:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","making infrastructure for documentation, participa","Linux Documentation Project","","2","2","3","1","2","2","3","1","Curious to see what joining an international project would be like." "128907187","2007-01-25 01:45:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","PHP, MySQL, WordPress","","3","3","3","4","3","4","3","4","" "128909671","2007-01-25 01:21:00","","X","","","","","","","","","2","2","2","1","2","2","1","1","" "128911941","2007-01-25 01:36:00","","X","X","X","X","","","Running various project","Linux kernel (bug fixes), various drivers (bug fixes), written drivers, run the Linux Home Automation web site (www.linuxha.com), x10d, heyu, Mr. House lots more (I can't remember it all)","","3","3","4","4","4","3","2","2","Build our knowledge base (we're curious) and reputation. These things are the currence the Open Source community deals with. The more we give away to more we are worth. In the end it can translate into employment and cash though that is not the primary goal." "128916403","2007-01-25 01:45:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","sglibs@sf // cosxom@sf // tumble@sf // Wikipedia // // // ","","2","3","3","4","4","1","4","4","" "128916564","2007-01-25 01:44:00","","X","","","","X","","","","","3","2","4","2","3","2","1","1","" "128918737","2007-01-25 01:55:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","General use of Visual C++ Express Edition on the MSDN Forum for that purpose. // // My nfoWare.com site and its section on toolcraft where I am behind while on a deadline-committed project. // // Anything to do with the Open Document Management API and its usage, troubleshooting, and support, including advice to developers, creation of reference implementations, etc. (I am finishing one for Java-based applications at this time.)","","4","4","4","4","4","3","3","4","" "128935781","2007-01-25 02:33:00","","","X","","X","","","","O'Reilly Intranet Wiki // Gaming Sites // PS2 Hardware Hacking and Modding","","4","4","1","1","4","4","2","2","Knowledge should be available to all on a global level. Proliferation of knowledge is a great cause in and of itself." "128938191","2007-01-25 02:46:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","linux (several distributions)","","2","2","2","2","3","3","3","3","" "128939069","2007-01-25 02:45:00","","X","","X","","","","","","","3","3","3","2","3","4","1","4","" "128940502","2007-01-25 03:55:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","various Ruby, lisp, and Java software","","3","4","4","2","3","3","3","2","simply because I can contribute" "128942984","2007-01-25 03:03:00","","X","X","","X","","X","","Zope, Ruby, Ruby on Rails","","4","4","4","2","4","4","2","3","" "128943277","2007-01-25 03:04:00","","X","","","X","","","","Ubuntu/Kubuntu","","4","3","3","2","3","4","3","4","" "128944800","2007-01-25 03:13:00","","X","X","","","","","","Implementation and operation of PeopleSoft Financials","","4","4","4","4","3","4","1","2","" "128948976","2007-01-25 03:43:00","","","X","X","X","X","","","Audacity, Jamendo, Democracy Player, Barcamps, Mozilla, GNU","","2","1","2","1","","3","1","1","Free Software, Free Society..." "128949828","2007-01-25 03:41:00","","X","","X","X","","","","cliki, sbcl lisp","","3","3","1","3","3","3","2","2","" "128959344","2007-01-25 04:47:00","","X","","","","","","","debian","","2","3","2","2","4","3","2","2","" "128959751","2007-01-25 04:47:00","","X","X","","","","X","Web forum","OpenOffice.org","","3","3","2","1","4","4","3","4","To gain insight into how people use software and where they run into problems. // // To provide feedback from users to developers." "128960886","2007-01-25 04:54:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","support LUG","GOF (a go game in java), eva (game in c++)","","4","4","3","1","3","4","3","2","Help people joining Gnu/Linux community" "128961452","2007-01-25 04:57:00","","X","X","X","","","","","Fedora Core 6 // http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar // Community Success Inititative - a non profit","","4","4","4","2","4","4","4","4","" "128961555","2007-01-25 07:38:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Ruby on Rails, sfactive, mir","","3","3","4","4","2","4","2","1","Sick of hearing the same questions asked over and over. " "128970745","2007-01-25 06:10:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","*BSD","","3","2","4","4","4","4","3","3","" "128973711","2007-01-25 06:40:00","","X","","","","","","","Ubuntu","","4","3","3","2","4","4","4","2","Fun!" "128977940","2007-01-25 07:26:00","","X","X","X","X","","","IRC :)","Mostly Nitro, but any other project i find any problem and/or missing docs/parts. Another project i'm very active in is ArchLinux, mostly testing packages and writing docs/tutorials on the wiki","","2","4","4","2","4","2","3","2","" "128980971","2007-01-25 08:39:00","","X","","","","","","Helping friends and coworkers","gentoo linux, various general support forums","","3","2","3","1","4","4","3","4","" "128985039","2007-01-25 08:57:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","gnome, xfce, limnux","","3","3","4","2","3","3","2","4","" "128985653","2007-01-25 09:07:00","","X","","","","","","","Perl specific forums and mailing lists.","","2","3","2","3","4","3","1","1","" "128987793","2007-01-25 09:46:00","","X","","","","","X","","Mailman, apple technologies","","3","3","1","3","3","3","3","1","" "128989110","2007-01-25 10:31:00","","X","","X","X","","","","mpiblast ","","4","4","3","3","2","3","1","2","" "128992085","2007-01-25 11:44:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","","","1","3","4","3","3","2","2","1","" "128995524","2007-01-26 01:19:00","","","","X","","","","Presentations at user groups / conferences","Perl","","2","2","2","3","3","4","3","1","Advocacy - to increase use of the software project." "128995562","2007-01-26 01:19:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","Perl, MySQL","","4","4","3","4","4","4","3","2","" "128995920","2007-01-26 01:29:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","BIND, xml2rfc","","3","3","1","1","3","1","3","1","" "128999219","2007-01-26 03:03:00","","X","","X","","X","","participating in forums, bulletin boards, etc.","ruby, fxruby, rspec, bazaar, smartgpx among others","","2","2","2","2","3","2","1","2","" "129001040","2007-01-26 03:45:00","","X","","","","","","","Oracle Forums","","1","2","3","2","3","2","2","4","I enjoy helping people with things that I'm good at." "129002874","2007-01-26 04:18:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Schematron, XSLT, XSL-FO Docbook","","4","3","2","2","3","4","2","1","" "129007497","2007-01-26 05:09:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","Anywhere on the Web where I find I can contribute what I know! // ","","1","3","2","4","2","3","3","2","Correctness: I like to see things correct and not inaccurate or incomplete." "129017244","2007-01-26 06:20:00","","","","X","","","","Forums and Blogs","phpBB, WordPress","","1","1","3","1","4","1","3","4","" "129024048","2007-01-26 06:48:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Scala // Hadoop // Ruby // Scala with Sails/Mondo","","3","4","2","2","3","4","1","3","" "129044017","2007-01-26 08:23:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Joomla, VirtualDub, Linux","","2","2","3","4","3","3","4","3","One major reason that I write documentation is so that people stop bugging me to walk them through how to do something. I usually write a fully comprehensive document that will answer any and all questions and guide the reader step-by-step through the task at hand. All the while, explaining why the instructions are telling them what to do. (So that they can make informed choices, etc.)" "129047634","2007-01-26 08:39:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Linux, Python, KDE, web.py and less frequently random other projects.","","1","3","3","1","3","2","2","2","" "129050830","2007-01-26 08:51:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Inkscape, lib2geom, Camping, Hobix, JRuby, Rubinius, Ruby","","2","2","3","3","4","3","3","4","" "129051653","2007-01-26 08:58:00","","X","","","X","","","","Fedora","","2","1","1","1","2","2","2","1","The biggest motivation to me is making technical information clear and readily understandable so that people that come after me don't have to waste the same amount of time trying figure out how to do something that could have taken much less time if the documentation had been clear and complete." "129054062","2007-01-26 09:08:00","","X","X","","","","","","Community Patent Review","","2","4","2","4","3","4","1","2","" "129070879","2007-01-26 10:32:00","","X","","","","","","Help people at their computer","Linux, OpenOffice, Gimp and anything else I can.","","3","2","2","1","3","3","1","1","To help promote Open Source Software buy making it easier for individuals to use." "129073596","2007-01-26 10:42:00","","X","X","X","","","","","Gnome Desktop Software Project","","3","2","4","4","4","4","3","1","" "129074361","2007-01-26 01:38:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","Giving talks at conferences","mono, ubuntu, mono hispano, monouml, tldp","","4","3","4","3","4","4","4","4","Learn about specific technologies." "129076714","2007-01-26 10:57:00","","X","","","","","","","","","4","4","3","1","1","3","1","1","" "129077019","2007-01-26 11:00:00","","","","","X","","","Answering questions on forums","Gentoo linux mostly. Linux in general.","","1","4","4","1","3","4","1","3","" "129080956","2007-01-26 11:19:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","Scribus and Inkscape","","3","2","3","3","3","","2","3","to explain the code and features i have implemented myself" "129084740","2007-01-26 11:39:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","Giving talks/tutorials at software conferences","GNOME","","3","4","3","3","4","4","4","3","" "129085226","2007-01-26 11:40:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","oracle, sun","","2","3","2","3","4","4","2","2","" "129085411","2007-01-26 11:40:00","","X","X","","","X","","","GNOME","","4","3","2","1","3","4","2","1","" "129085593","2007-01-26 11:42:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","Fedora Project","","2","4","1","2","2","4","3","1","" "129091086","2007-01-26 12:06:00","","X","","","X","","","","Haiku","","3","1","2","1","4","3","1","2","" "129092060","2007-01-26 12:12:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Ubuntu, Ruby, various GNOME programs, various other free software.","","4","2","3","3","4","4","3","3","" "129092608","2007-01-26 12:13:00","","X","X","","X","","","","GNOME in general, metacity, libwnck","","3","1","3","1","3","4","2","2","" "129093032","2007-01-26 12:16:00","","X","","X","X","","","","SUSE Linux, various other small contributions to VMware, FreeBSD, several open source projects, mostly by answering questions on forums or IRC, or writing howtos.","","2","4","3","3","4","3","3","2","" "129093681","2007-01-26 12:19:00","","X","X","","X","","","","gtkmm, cairomm, nemiver","","3","2","3","2","4","3","2","2","" "129095108","2007-01-26 12:25:00","","X","X","","","X","","","mono and the related libraries, tools, applications","","2","2","3","2","3","3","1","1","" "129097344","2007-01-26 12:36:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","kde // koffice // krita","","1","4","1","2","1","3","1","1","I wrote the software, I'd better help people use it." "129102616","2007-01-26 01:02:00","","X","","X","X","","","","OpenBSD mailing list + pretty much any software I come across.","","1","2","3","3","3","2","4","3","Further reference when I need it! I often bang my head against a problem for hours, so when I finally figure out what's going wrong I write it down in my blog/web pages/whatever. The next time I come across the problem, I either remember that it happened before and look for it on my site, or Google points me to my site. :-)" "129109099","2007-01-26 01:32:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","TNT Basic, Aria Maestosa, wxWidgets, many others i contribute from time to time","","4","4","4","1","2","3","2","3","" "129113688","2007-01-26 01:53:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Mono.","","3","3","4","4","2","4","2","3","I like to help people, and documentation and mailing lists help people." "129115939","2007-01-26 02:13:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","Inkscape // gphoto // xmms // GPE","","3","3","3","3","2","3","3","2","" "129117414","2007-01-26 02:12:00","","X","X","X","","","","","","","2","3","3","3","2","3","1","3","" "129117771","2007-01-26 02:16:00","","X","","","X","X","","","Subversion, Inkscape, Gentoo","","1","2","2","2","2","4","3","3","" "129122632","2007-01-26 02:47:00","","X","X","X","X","","","Support via IRC on Freenode","Ubuntu, Gentoo, Edubuntu, Drupal","","4","4","3","4","2","4","2","1","Social (Definition: People who aren't the type to just hang out doing nothing, and so gather in IRC, web forums, mailing lists, etc. -- or even in person -- to work on a project with friends, and/or make new friends.)" "129126379","2007-01-26 03:12:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","The Linux Documentation Project, my own software, free software that I use. Additionally, as a SysAdmin when I search for a problem solution and only other similar questions, I go back after I figure it out and answer them.","","3","4","1","2","1","1","1","1","I hate Microsoft." "129133136","2007-01-26 04:06:00","","","X","","","","","","GNOME","","2","2","2","2","2","3","3","2","Learn new technology" "129140619","2007-01-26 05:25:00","","X","","X","","","","","general consulting on FOSS, improving the use of LaTeX in general and for specific tasks, givinig workshops on the use of some OpenSource-software, helpline and information for people who ask for it","","1","4","2","2","4","4","4","2","I guess I am a person who just wants to help if she can: I although volunteer in other, not computer-related fields like community work ect. - I enjoy being helpful and helping other people to finde solutions and alternatives for themselves" "129140725","2007-01-26 05:21:00","","X","","X","X","","","usenet!","","","4","4","4","4","4","4","1","4","" "129141492","2007-01-26 05:28:00","","X","","","X","X","","","asterisk, pyramid linux, kde, kubuntu, debian","","4","4","2","3","4","4","3","3","It's fun." "129149292","2007-01-26 07:03:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","Django","","3","4","3","3","3","4","3","3","" "129150308","2007-01-26 07:10:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","m0n0wall, pfSense, BSD Installer, FreeBSD","","2","4","3","4","4","3","3","2","" "129151564","2007-01-26 07:27:00","","X","","","X","","","PerlMonks","Mostly Perl stuff: // - PerlMonks // - Mailinglists of CGI::Application, mod_perl, DBI","","3","3","4","2","3","4","2","2","" "129152041","2007-01-26 07:34:00","","X","","X","","","","","django, markdown, PmWiki","","1","2","2","2","4","2","3","1","" "129152075","2007-01-26 07:34:00","","X","X","","","X","","","","","3","3","2","3","3","3","2","3","" "129154423","2007-01-26 08:21:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","documentation tooling, diagramming, design work","formerly Mozilla, currently document lead on TurboGears, mailing list contributions on many related Python projects","","4","1","3","3","2","4","1","1","I'd rather code than write formal docs, but if nobody does it, I do. The software isn't finished until it's documented. Docs have a heavy bearing on project advocacy." "129155041","2007-01-26 08:20:00","","X","","","X","X","X","","catalyst, modperl, perl","","2","3","3","1","3","4","2","1","" "129157101","2007-01-26 09:03:00","","X","X","","","X","X","","Catalyst, Dbix::Class (perl)","","3","","3","4","3","4","2","2","WTFM rather than RTFM. Reminds me of solutions to problems I've had" "129157752","2007-01-26 09:15:00","","X","","","","","","","Ubuntu // Xfce","","3","3","3","1","3","2","3","2","" "129162883","2007-01-27 12:24:00","","X","","","X","","","Answering questions on forums","Linux and related software (on a LUG mailing list) // Linux, Apache, PHP and MySQL (on forums)","","2","4","4","3","4","3","3","4","It is also a great way for making friends with people who have common interests." "129164788","2007-01-27 02:37:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Various, normally projects I make daily use of or ones I am exploring for possible future use.","","2","4","1","3","2","2","1","2","" "129164850","2007-01-27 02:16:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","GNOME, gtkmm","","2","1","3","2","1","1","3","3","" "129165856","2007-01-27 03:17:00","","X","X","X","X","","","As a teacher/lecturer","Linux, various distributions, and various languages/compilers","","3","2","3","2","4","3","3","2","" "129166196","2007-01-27 03:29:00","","X","","X","","","","","Slackware // Dropline Gnome","","1","4","2","2","4","4","2","4","" "129166900","2007-01-27 04:01:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Exim // Fedora","","3","3","3","2","3","3","2","2","" "129167021","2007-01-27 04:10:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","FreeBSD, Plagger, Subversion, Catalyst, Perl","","3","4","4","4","4","4","4","4","Vaguely related to reason 2 -- it's all very well to learn something. But I find that to truly understand it it helps a great deal if you've written about it. The act of structuring your thoughts about something before (or during) writing about it forces you to make sure that you do actually understand what you think you understand." "129170117","2007-01-27 05:33:00","","X","","X","","","","","Debian mostly.","","3","3","3","3","3","3","2","1","" "129172131","2007-01-27 06:17:00","","X","","X","X","","","IRC help-channel activity","gnu","","2","4","3","1","4","1","2","3","fun" "129173433","2007-01-27 06:38:00","","X","","","X","","","","Ruby on Rails","","1","3","4","1","3","","3","2","" "129176707","2007-01-27 07:25:00","","X","","","X","","","","Tcl","","3","4","3","1","3","3","3","1","" "129180030","2007-01-27 08:13:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","gentoo linux","","3","1","2","2","4","4","3","2","" "129181925","2007-01-27 08:38:00","","","","","","X","","","Debian","","1","3","1","1","1","3","1","1","" "129183367","2007-01-27 09:00:00","","X","","","","","","","Common questions people ask me about Office or Windows. (Mail merge, tables and graphs, etc)","","2","3","3","4","4","3","2","3","" "129183626","2007-01-27 09:11:00","","X","X","","","X","","","Perl","","4","2","1","2","3","4","3","2","Pay it forward -- see Wikipedia entry. I use a lot of free software. By making a contribution to one project I feel I'm paying forward for those other projects where I don't contribute much or at all." "129186283","2007-01-27 09:42:00","","X","","","X","","","","amanda // mailscanner // spamassasin // ","","2","3","3","1","1","2","1","3","" "129187432","2007-01-27 10:03:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","GNOME","","2","4","4","2","3","4","3","2","Open source documentation generally sucks. By contributing, I'm giving back to the community that I take from" "129189620","2007-01-27 10:33:00","","X","X","X","X","","","Writing books and course materials","Fedora, MySQL, (various others)","","4","3","4","4","3","4","3","2","" "129190588","2007-01-27 10:52:00","","X","","","","X","X","editing/checking documentation from others, books","any software i use on a regular basis","","4","1","2","4","4","4","1","2","" "129191708","2007-01-27 11:07:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","KDE, Thousand Parsec","","4","2","3","2","4","4","3","2","" "129192917","2007-01-27 11:28:00","","X","","","","","","Moderate q&a forum","Vector Linux","","1","2","3","1","4","4","1","2","Using free software gives me a feeling of freedom and empowerment." "129193507","2007-01-27 11:37:00","","","","","X","","","Answering questions on forums","PCLinuxOS forums // PCLinuxOS wiki // ","","4","3","3","1","4","4","2","2","I don't code, so I give back to the distro developers and community by providing tech support and wiki how-tos. // " "129193647","2007-01-27 11:37:00","","X","","","","","","","PCLinuxOS, OpenSuse","","4","4","3","1","4","2","1","4","" "129193907","2007-01-27 11:43:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","linux server and desktop tools","","2","3","4","2","3","3","2","2","simply thank you on the end is quite enough ;)" "129194063","2007-01-27 11:47:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","start new documentation projects","NetBSD, DragonFly, BSD Certification Group, FreeBSD, and many others","","3","4","4","4","4","4","4","3","Obligated: it is my assigned rotation to handle unanswered support/questions (for open source project). // // Specialty: My specific area of expertise on a broad forum (so I feel like I should assist). // // Personal: postings or questions on public forum may be targeted to me personally -- so I feel obligated to assist." "129195212","2007-01-27 12:13:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Gnome, Debian, Python, Gstreamer, gnome-hearts, Ubuntu","","1","3","3","2","3","1","2","3","Sometimes I contribute because other people nag me to. For example, quite a few of my family members now use Ubuntu. I'll translate applications that my family members complained about because they were so poorly translated. // // Also, I like to document thins no-one ever documented before. This is usually a short tutorial about a problem that stumped me for several hours and that has little to no documentation. Python-gstreamer stuffers from poor documentation. I hope that my tutorial will save someone else from the same 6+ hours of googling." "129196277","2007-01-27 12:23:00","","X","X","","X","","","","Damn Small Linux // Dynamic Window Manager","","4","3","3","2","3","4","1","2","" "129197636","2007-01-27 12:46:00","","X","X","","X","","X","","tikiwiki, Omaha Linux Users Group, linuxquestions.org, esms (football simulator)","","4","4","4","3","4","4","3","3","I enjoy communicating with people that live in different cultures. I like learning about other ways that someone might use the software. " "129198382","2007-01-27 01:01:00","","X","","X","","","","Answer questions on forums","OpenBSD // Linuxquestions.org","","3","3","2","3","3","1","2","4","Filling gaps in documentation so that people in the future do not expirience the frustration that I did while trying to solve the same problem." "129201083","2007-01-27 01:48:00","","X","X","X","","","","","linux-debian, ubuntu // r // python // c/c++","","1","1","1","1","1","4","4","2","helpful for society // free documentation helps poor people especially in developing countries" "129201538","2007-01-27 01:55:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","openoffice.org, krusdader, sidux","","4","4","3","2","3","4","3","3","" "129203218","2007-01-27 02:29:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","ubuntu in general, bibledit, gnomesword, bibloedesktop, glosung, linux on ibook","","2","4","4","2","4","3","4","1","A lot is important, but gratitude feateres highest, though your scoring did not allow this. I have a wonderful free system due to the good work of others, work I can never match due to my lack of knowledge." "129204895","2007-01-27 03:01:00","","X","","","X","","X","","I provide assistance on mailing lists for any software I have experience in. Primarily this is core linux functionality - bash, ssh, dns related tasks etc, but also specific projects such as openldap, squid, xen. Mostly I add documentation to the WLUG wiki (www.wlug.org.nz), but this is getting a bit out of date in places, and other howtos and wikis have sprung up in the meantime. ","","3","4","3","1","4","4","2","3","" "129205258","2007-01-27 03:06:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","undernet // wlug wiki // ","","3","3","3","3","3","3","1","1","" "129205442","2007-01-28 01:32:00","","","","X","X","","","","SIMILE, Django, (RDFa)","","2","3","1","3","2","2","2","2","" "129207042","2007-01-27 03:47:00","","X","","X","","X","","","Opera Browser, Linux","","4","1","3","3","3","1","2","2","" "129207934","2007-01-27 04:04:00","","X","","X","X","","","IRC support channels","pfSense, dansguardian, Waikato LUG IRC, NZ Linux IRC channels x2, Canterbury LUG mailing list.","","1","2","2","1","3","1","1","2","Karma - doing good merely because I can." "129208518","2007-01-27 04:14:00","","","","X","","","","","many","","2","1","1","1","4","2","2","1","" "129215630","2007-01-27 07:10:00","","","X","","X","X","","","GNU cfengine, GNU screen, ... // ","","1","1","3","2","2","2","4","3","" "129216766","2007-01-27 08:05:00","","","","X","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "129218441","2007-01-27 08:32:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Ubuntu // Linux // Plone // Python // GDAL // ","","4","4","4","1","4","4","1","2","" "129218455","2007-01-27 08:35:00","","X","X","","X","","","Answering questions on IRC","Wine, Cacti, SVN, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Pingus, answering general GNU/Linux usage questions","","2","4","2","3","4","3","1","3","Lack of proper documentation." "129219552","2007-01-27 09:20:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Ubuntu, PythonCAD, Mepis.org","","4","3","4","3","3","4","3","3","Low Budget and low end hardware are run and supported by open source which make them usable for longer time." "129220120","2007-01-27 09:36:00","","X","","","X","","","moderator @ linuxquestions","grokdoc, linuxquestions wiki, linuxquestions","","2","2","1","1","3","3","2","1","" "129222295","2007-01-27 11:40:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Gentoo, my own, general linux...","","2","3","2","3","4","2","2","2","" "129223596","2007-01-28 12:59:00","","","","","X","","","","Alfresco.com, doekos.com","","2","3","3","2","3","2","3","1","Contribute something back to the free software/open source community, as I am not a programmer" "129223819","2007-01-28 01:13:00","","X","X","X","","X","","writing IT related articles","A/V applications","","1","1","2","4","4","3","4","1","" "129224000","2007-01-28 01:30:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","Ubuntu, GNOME","","3","1","2","1","3","3","2","4","" "129225822","2007-01-28 03:41:00","","X","X","X","","X","","","ubuntu linux, ape content management system","","2","3","3","4","4","4","4","3","" "129228437","2007-01-28 05:43:00","","X","X","","X","X","X","","Gentoo Linux","","3","3","3","1","4","2","2","2","" "129232979","2007-01-28 07:46:00","","X","","X","X","X","X","","ubuntu linux","","3","2","3","2","3","4","3","4","trying to make the world better" "129233240","2007-01-28 07:49:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","","","","2","2","2","2","2","","2","" "129233741","2007-01-28 08:01:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","own projects // bogofilter // perl // ssh // dns // ","","4","1","3","2","2","3","3","1","Sharing knowledge freely helps us all" "129233772","2007-01-28 08:04:00","","X","X","X","","X","","","chemtool, bkchem, qtdmm, ","","3","2","2","1","2","3","3","3","" "129234821","2007-01-28 08:22:00","","X","X","X","","X","","","Vector Linux, Damn Small Linux, O'Reilly blog (reviews), Linuxchix (lists, used to anyway)","","3","3","3","4","4","4","4","2","" "129236603","2007-01-28 08:58:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Perl, Vim, Ubuntu","","3","4","2","4","2","3","3","3","" "129237427","2007-01-28 09:16:00","","X","","","X","","","Blogging some hacks for the eye of Google","openoffice.org","","","4","4","1","1","2","1","3","" "129241324","2007-01-28 10:30:00","","","","","","X","X","","Gentoo Linux, OpenBSD","","3","1","3","3","2","3","1","2","" "129245137","2007-01-28 11:59:00","","X","","","X","","","","varied. mostly anything I know about. Linux projects, Windows projects, anything. ","","4","2","2","2","4","4","3","2","Helping others is important to me, whether in person or online." "129246172","2007-01-28 12:00:00","","X","","X","","","","","OpenBSD // BSD Certification","","2","3","3","2","3","2","2","2","" "129248570","2007-01-28 12:47:00","","X","","","","","","","Ubuntu, OSX86","","2","2","2","3","4","3","2","2","" "129250835","2007-01-28 01:28:00","","X","","X","X","","","","PyQt // PyKDE","","3","3","2","1","1","4","2","1","Appreciation of the quality of the project and the desire to help it receive the recognition it deserves." "129253649","2007-01-28 02:23:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","Helping out in IRC channels","PHP, various GNOME project","","2","2","3","2","3","4","2","3","" "129255989","2007-01-28 03:03:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","qpsmtpd, Dovecot, Postfix, SpamAssassin, Sieve, Bind","","3","4","3","3","3","3","4","2","" "129256952","2007-01-28 03:21:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","Mandriva (my favorite distro), Xfce (my favorite DE), Dokuwiki and others","","3","2","2","1","4","4","2","3","Promoting the use of my language." "129257812","2007-01-28 03:41:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","iloha mail, debian linux, griffith and others","","3","1","4","3","4","4","2","4","i just want to help :)" "129258895","2007-01-28 03:53:00","","X","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","" "129259252","2007-01-28 04:02:00","","X","","","","","","","Drupal, CiviCRM","","1","3","2","2","2","3","1","2","" "129260910","2007-01-28 04:31:00","","X","","","","","","","The PerlMonks website","","3","4","4","2","3","3","2","","" "129268592","2007-01-28 06:50:00","","X","","","X","","","","FreeBSD, GNOME, Squid","","4","4","4","3","3","3","2","3","" "129271486","2007-01-28 07:44:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Gnome // Gentoo","","3","2","2","3","4","3","2","2","" "129273227","2007-01-28 08:23:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","* Natural Language Processing tools for Hebrew // * Perl programming via Israel.pm // * my homepage // * my blog/ // * various forums and mailing lists","","3","4","3","4","4","3","3","4","" "129274470","2007-01-28 08:53:00","","","X","","X","","","","EMBOSS, BioPerl, yum","","4","4","4","4","4","4","4","4","Own need. " "129278288","2007-01-28 10:56:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Qemu, AIDE","","3","4","2","1","3","2","1","3","" "129278886","2007-01-28 11:16:00","","X","","","","","","","General Linux questions","","3","2","2","4","4","3","2","3","Promote Linux" "129279116","2007-01-28 11:25:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","doing curriculium for industries providers","","3","3","3","","3","3","3","3","if I contribute I could benifiet by being up with the latest documents" "129280594","2007-01-29 12:16:00","","X","","X","X","","","","GNOME, Mandriva Linux","","2","3","4","3","3","3","4","2","" "129280723","2007-01-29 12:18:00","","X","","X","","","","","Beryl, OpenSuse","","3","3","3","2","4","4","3","2","" "129282724","2007-01-29 01:20:00","","X","","","","","","","comp.lang.c++ // forum.builder.cz","","2","3","2","2","4","1","1","1","" "129284665","2007-01-29 02:14:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Linux","","4","2","1","3","3","4","3","2","" "129285497","2007-01-29 02:43:00","","X","","","X","","","","Ubuntu wiki, Ubuntu-Au mailing list","","2","2","2","1","3","4","4","2","For questions which are asked repeatedly, a wiki page that I can refer people to on forums or mailing lists means I can simply refer them to a page instead of repeating directions." "129286897","2007-01-29 03:23:00","","","X","X","X","X","X","Answering questions & making contributions on IRC","Apache httpd, mod_ftp, ubuntu","","1","1","1","2","3","3","3","1","" "129288820","2007-01-29 04:08:00","","","X","","X","","","","Cairo // Enlightenment Foundation Libraries","","4","4","4","2","2","3","3","4","To help the project itself. // Good Documentation=More developers=better project" "129290709","2007-01-29 04:37:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Ubuntu, Debian, Edubuntu","","1","1","2","2","2","4","4","3","" "129291401","2007-01-29 05:41:00","","X","X","X","","","","","Catalyst Perl Webframework","","1","2","2","3","3","3","3","4","" "129304608","2007-01-29 06:32:00","","X","","","X","","","","Knoppix","","2","3","2","4","3","3","3","3","" "129308075","2007-01-29 06:43:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","","","","","","","","3","","","" "129312317","2007-01-29 07:05:00","","X","X","","","","","answering questions on perlmonks.org","Perl and Gantry (a perl web framework)","","4","1","2","3","1","4","3","3","" "129331628","2007-01-29 08:40:00","","X","","","X","X","","","","","3","4","2","3","3","4","1","3","" "129336956","2007-01-29 08:50:00","","X","X","X","X","","X","","moinmoin (Ubuntu community pages)","","1","3","4","1","2","3","2","1","It provides a way to have the technical data *I* can use later. Sometimes I forget the details." "129339988","2007-01-29 09:01:00","","X","X","X","","","","","HyperGet","","2","1","4","3","3","4","3","3","" "129355250","2007-01-29 10:04:00","","X","X","","X","","","","Perl // TWiki","","3","3","2","1","1","4","2","1","" "129388571","2007-01-29 12:20:00","","X","","X","","","","","Linux Mailing lists, postfix, bash, scons","","2","4","3","2","3","3","2","4","" "129394987","2007-01-29 12:43:00","","X","","X","X","X","","teaching","Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux","","1","4","3","4","3","4","4","2","Participate on the way the software turns in the present and in the future." "129409910","2007-01-29 01:37:00","","X","","X","","","X","","","","3","4","3","3","3","4","3","3","" "129454361","2007-01-29 07:33:00","","X","X","","","X","X","","Gnome","","4","4","2","3","4","4","3","2","" "129454913","2007-01-29 06:26:00","","","X","X","","","","","R-GLPK, SQLite","","3","3","2","2","3","1","4","2","Needed to learn how to use the technology, so I wrote documentation (so I remember what I did)" "129473121","2007-01-30 01:11:00","","X","X","","","","","","pango, cairo, FriBidi, FarsiTeX","","1","1","3","3","3","3","1","1","" "129483356","2007-01-30 04:27:00","","","","","","","","Moderating Linuxquestions.org","n/a","","4","4","4","2","4","4","3","3","" "129489086","2007-01-30 05:24:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Linux // KDE","","3","4","4","3","3","4","2","3","Help others, since others help me when I need help, especially Linux" "129504781","2007-01-30 06:22:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Apophysis, deviantart.com","","4","4","3","3","4","4","3","4","" "129554001","2007-01-30 09:41:00","","X","","X","X","","","","","","4","3","4","2","3","2","3","3","" "129566145","2007-01-30 10:37:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","BiDi UI Mozilla extension, many different wikis, etc...","","1","4","2","2","4","3","4","2","Public documentation is easier to find and easier to maintain (as others fix one's own errors). I frequently use documents I was the initial author, and find them in better, more useful state." "129631727","2007-01-30 03:29:00","","X","","","X","","","","Madwifi.org, rubyfacets, openwrt , kismet, qtruby, iperf, secondlife scripting, others","","2","4","4","2","3","3","1","2","Mutual Aid (Karma?) is a big one" "129663552","2007-01-30 09:13:00","","X","","","","","","","forums.oracle.com","","2","2","4","1","4","2","1","1","" "129674164","2007-01-31 02:25:00","","X","","X","","","","sending comments to webmasters re:features ","usually library related","","1","4","4","1","4","1","4","1","It's part of my personality to give advice." "129678594","2007-01-31 04:15:00","","X","","","","","","blogging","Hibernate // Grails // Groovy","","1","2","3","4","2","2","1","3","" "129786680","2007-01-31 01:40:00","","X","X","","","","","","mrtg & rrdtool","","4","2","4","4","4","4","3","3","" "129807963","2007-01-31 03:39:00","","","X","","X","X","X","","Mozilla Firefox (end-user help docs), Mozilla Developer Center, other Mozilla API docs on occasion","","","","","","","","","2","Mozilla produces Firefox, and Firefox is *good*. I want to see good things be successful, and the way I do this is by writing various docs (at least originally -- I've not done as much lately) and writing code to see it succeed. // // Also, initially it was some amount of gratitude -- but not for help received, just for Firefox being available and free." "129834412","2007-01-31 05:39:00","","X","","","X","","","","Various perl modules. // Slackware. // ","","2","4","4","3","2","2","1","3","" "129842182","2007-01-31 06:54:00","","","","X","","","","","knortal","","3","4","3","3","2","4","1","2","" "129855163","2007-01-31 10:02:00","","X","","","X","X","","","Linux and Windows","","3","1","1","2","3","4","3","1","" "129857042","2007-01-31 11:00:00","","","","","X","X","X","","Protype.js, M's TeX2 Translation, IE4Linux","","2","2","3","2","3","3","3","2","" "129859870","2007-02-01 12:39:00","","X","","","","","","","","","3","1","4","4","4","4","3","4","" "129875468","2007-02-01 05:29:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","Perl, mod_perl, Apache, PostgreSQL, and Sendmail","","4","3","4","4","3","3","3","2","" "129921822","2007-02-01 09:15:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Genexus // www.gxopen.com // ","","3","3","3","4","4","3","2","1","" "129944272","2007-02-01 10:56:00","","X","","","","","","","All perl // www.perlmonks.com // ottawa.pm.org // use.perl.org // Various perl module mailing lists // Template Toolkit, CGI::Application","","3","4","3","2","4","4","1","1","I owe a lot to the community that provides the tools I use to make my (good) living" "130074460","2007-02-02 06:58:00","","","","X","","","","","","","3","4","2","3","4","2","4","3","" "130183712","2007-02-02 04:33:00","","X","","X","","","","","Oracle","","1","3","4","4","4","1","2","4","" "130214915","2007-02-03 04:49:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","","","2","1","2","4","4","3","2","3","" "130268786","2007-02-03 10:57:00","","X","","X","X","","","","OpenOffice, Mozilla, Linux in general","","3","2","2","3","3","2","2","3","* It helps locate usability and other bugs to report back to the dev team. // * I helps make a better product" "130271900","2007-02-04 02:39:00","","X","X","","","","","","","","2","4","3","3","2","3","3","2","" "130275556","2007-02-04 05:50:00","","X","","X","X","","X","","GNOME","","3","4","4","2","4","4","3","1","" "130291886","2007-02-05 12:16:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","Netbeans // Glassfish // StringBeans // JetNuke","","1","1","3","3","4","4","4","3","" "130347939","2007-02-05 05:48:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","LDP, Debian, ilughyd","","4","4","4","3","3","4","2","2","" "130349526","2007-02-05 05:58:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","TLDP, Linuxgazette","","4","4","4","3","2","4","4","4","" "130350426","2007-02-05 06:19:00","","","","","","","","","","","2","2","1","4","4","3","2","1","" "130350636","2007-02-05 06:03:00","","X","","X","X","X","X","","nrcfosshelpline.in, django","","4","1","1","1","4","4","3","4","" "130355648","2007-02-05 06:41:00","","X","X","","X","","X","","no project in specific but mostly linux distributions and open source audio based softwares ","","3","3","2","3","4","3","1","4","" "130364465","2007-02-05 07:10:00","","X","","X","","","","","","","4","4","4","1","4","4","4","4","" "130371768","2007-02-05 07:42:00","","X","","X","","","","","perlmonks.org; use.perl.org; redcloudresearch.com","","2","3","2","3","2","3","2","2","" "130473482","2007-02-05 02:50:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","perl, Perl Email Project, numerous CPAN modules and related projects","","1","2","2","1","1","2","3","3","" "130481175","2007-02-05 03:41:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","Setting up distributions like Slackware, Debian, FreeBSD, Suse,etc","","2","2","3","3","3","1","2","2","" "130493276","2007-02-05 05:10:00","","X","","X","X","","","","","","1","2","4","4","2","4","2","3","" "130514023","2007-02-05 08:12:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","","","","4","3","4","2","3","3","4","4","" "130522984","2007-02-05 11:23:00","","X","","X","","X","","","Java training virtualisation at our company.","","3","3","4","3","4","4","3","4","When I decide to write on something, I have to prepare even more thoroughly. It's Fun:)" "130530026","2007-02-06 02:41:00","","X","","","X","","","","wikipedia.org linux group mailing lists company wide intranet portals","","2","2","3","2","3","2","2","3","" "130532734","2007-02-06 03:47:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","pypt-offline, beryl, debian","","3","3","3","3","4","3","2","3","" "130567159","2007-02-06 08:02:00","","X","X","","","X","","SELF Project: platform for sharing knowledge on FS","eGroupWare // SELF Project // all Free Software projects can find a place to share educational materials and documentation on their projects on the SELF Platform","","4","4","4","4","4","4","4","4","" "130567504","2007-02-06 07:44:00","","","X","X","","","","","Policy Tool Suite (poltool @ Google Code Hosting)","","1","3","1","4","4","1","3","","Possibly contributing a quality piece if software / documentation to a field in compuer environments (security) that generally, put blantly, suck." "130580364","2007-02-06 08:31:00","","X","X","","","X","X","","Perl, Perl documentation","","1","3","4","2","3","3","2","1","" "130604533","2007-02-06 09:50:00","","X","","","","","","","Linux","","4","4","2","2","4","3","4","4","" "130607528","2007-02-06 09:59:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","","","3","3","2","3","2","4","3","1","" "130641751","2007-02-06 11:45:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","talking to the people, doing demonstrations","edubuntu.org, ubuntu.com, wiki.laptop.org, damnsmalllinux.org, debian.org, and many others","","3","3","3","2","2","4","3","1","Helping out is spiritually important to me. Also, the more people, institutions, corporations, schools, etc. use free and open source software the better it becomes which is better for everyone (including me)" "130787793","2007-02-07 03:18:00","","X","","","X","X","","Answer questions in boards","DokuWiki // Ubuntu // Others","","1","3","3","1","2","3","1","2","" "130809367","2007-02-07 05:13:00","","","","","","X","","","","","1","1","1","1","3","1","3","1","" "130911334","2007-02-07 11:38:00","","","","X","","","","Word of mouth evangelism","Linux // Open source","","2","4","3","4","4","3","4","2","Extending the value of the free concept of free and open source software. Support and advice should also be free and open source (and freely available)." "131007384","2007-02-07 09:09:00","","X","","X","X","","","","Twincling","","3","3","3","3","4","3","3","2","" "131154394","2007-02-08 02:05:00","","X","X","X","","","","","GNU Songanizer, GNOWSYS and GNU Parted.","","","","3","2","4","2","3","3","" "131213048","2007-02-08 08:05:00","","X","X","X","X","X","X","IRC","NetBSD, Perl, various Perl modules, book reviews, even wrote a book for Apress","","3","3","2","1","3","3","1","1","Urge to collect and organize knowledge, just like any other packrat tendency" "131216712","2007-02-08 09:02:00","","X","X","","","","","","Ubuntu","","3","1","4","1","3","3","2","3","" "131409006","2007-02-10 01:49:00","","X","X","","","X","","","","","3","4","3","4","4","4","4","3","" "131470166","2007-02-10 09:34:00","","X","X","","","","","Info architecture design for help systems","- Gnome usability (answering questions) // - Ubuntu (writing and design)","","1","1","1","1","2","3","3","2","Wanting to increase the user base of the software by making it easier to learn." "131560192","2007-02-12 05:58:00","","X","X","","","","","Answering questions on IRC and on web-based boards","Postfix, Perl, PostgreSQL, Linux/BSD, DNS, etc","","4","3","3","2","3","3","2","1","To reduce the burden of providing support on the project authors themselves, so that they can focus on code." "131580785","2007-02-12 07:32:00","","X","","","","X","","","Perl // Debian // Security","","2","3","4","3","4","2","1","3","" "131733505","2007-02-12 07:44:00","","X","X","X","X","X","","","GNOME, Beryl","","2","2","4","2","3","3","3","2","" "131864535","2007-02-13 10:24:00","","X","X","","X","X","","","Amanda (backup)","","4","2","2","3","3","3","2","3","" "131977274","2007-02-13 07:58:00","","X","","","X","","","","Oracle administration","","3","3","3","2","4","3","2","4","" "132079595","2007-02-14 10:05:00","","","","","","","","","","","3","3","3","3","3","3","3","4","" "132163011","2007-02-14 08:05:00","","","","X","X","","","","vim, catalyst, perl, fedora","","4","4","1","3","3","3","1","2","To help steer the project in the right direction." "132491982","2007-02-16 11:15:00","","X","X","X","X","","","","LUG mailing lists, www.dabodev.com, any project I come across that needs an update.","","3","4","2","4","3","4","2","1","" "132693896","2007-02-18 11:14:00","","X","","X","X","X","X","","Python related","","3","3","2","2","2","4","2","3","" "133713813","2007-02-25 12:44:00","","X","","X","X","X","","","Just about any software I use.","","3","2","4","3","4","3","4","3","" "133753439","2007-02-26 03:56:00","","X","","","","","","","","","4","4","","4","4","4","","","" "134465632","2007-03-01 12:01:00","","","","","","X","","","FreeBSD","","2","3","3","4","3","4","1","1","" "141611115","2007-04-12 02:41:00","","X","","","","X","","","various music-software projects, multimedia software","","4","2","2","3","3","2","2","4","I am an independent software developer myself. Helping in a community (even wrt competitor's projects) works better than advertisements (credibility, reputation, word of mouth, grassroots support)."