Re: [tlug] contribution to F/OSS community

[Jim Grisanzio <Jim.Grisanzio@example.com>]

Alain Hoang wrote:
> Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Let's think of a situation:
> >
> > I can't write code and I can't do test so F/OSS project out there
> > won't seems to need me. Plus, I can't write ( written ) English well
> > so documetation is also impossible.
> [snip]
>
> > - What can I contribute to the community then? Do they need and be
> > able to use my pictures some where?
>
>
>     I'm sure Wikipedia could always use more help to add more entries if 
> your native language is not English.
>
> > - In that case, what kind of license should I apply to my pictures?
> > Is there anything like L/GPL appliable to pictures?
>
>
> Have you ever thought of looking at the Creative Commons License for 
> pictures?  [1] Seems more applicable in this situation than something 
> like the uh...  MIT license.


Taking pictures is a huge community contribution. And it's a lot of fun, 
too. :) I've taken thousands of images of various community events, and 
as Alain suggests, I license them all under cc:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us

What's cool is that they start showing up in presentations and in blogs 
all over the place.

Jim
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