[OSGeo-Discuss] Return on Equity vs leech of resources

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks for the insight;

Right now the pitch is: "We are taking part in OSGeo in order to meet 
with the rest of the community"

I am not looking for much return out of OSGeo until the projects I am 
involved in finish incubation (am I alone in this?). So far I feel bad 
that we are taking up tones of time, occasional legal council 
etc...after incubation involvement should become more positive 
(marketing etc...)
Jody

Howard Butler wrote:
> Open source software works because people acting in their own self 
> interest have the auxiliary benefit of helping everyone in the 
> project.  Report your pet bug, file a patch, add a new feature -- all 
> of these things immediately help you, but ultimately help the 
> project.  This activity also imparts tangential benefits that are very 
> hard to quantify but can be clearly important like personal 
> visibility, credibility, and status.