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Discussion on: There are plenty of good reasons to do open source for free

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Scott Simontis

I would love to contribute to open source, but after I read all the policies and procedures to contribute to a project, I'm generally just like...meh. I get that a lot of projects are so successful and lively precisely because of the structure they have adopted, but I just want to write code and not worry about it being rejected for some random technicality. Maybe I just need to search for some different projects to contribute to.

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Jerod Santo

I feel ya. I've had way more success contributing to small/indie projects that aren't backed by corporations or have large communities. It also feels more personal; like one person doing another person a solid vs submitting your code to a massive, moving entity. Have you tried that?

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Scott Simontis

It's a good idea, I think I will keep that in mind. I don't really care if people use what I build (it would be cool for sure), I just want to create things and learn from others.