[Qgis-user] Recognition of QGIS feature funders - and developers?

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Zoltan,

I believe the developers, contributors and translators get their
recognition already. Their names are listed in the about box of our
software. In addition you can read their names on github.

I would not list number of source code lines or number of commits,
because this is meaningless. Already a few lines of codes may mean a
huge improvement, while a ton of other lines may not be that important.
E.g. if someone checks in a lot of SVGs this definitely not as much work
like a sophisticated algorithm dealing with geoprocessing.

I don't think that developers really care about who contribute how many
lines of codes - and if you are interested in that you can already look
it up on github. They provide all sorts of fancy graphics.

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The whole discussion is not one against the other - and who gets the
most recognition. It is simply about a multiplier effect.

Say that a well-known organization like a province, a national mapping
agency or well-known company is sponsoring a feature. This will surely
help other organizations to fund other features.

Right now some people/organizations may have the impression that QGIS is
more or less all based on voluntary work, while we are currently moving
more and more to paid work - which is good in my opinion. There is only
that much you can do with voluntary work. QGIS already has surpassed a
threshold in popularity and organizations rely on it that we can't
support this all with voluntary work only.

A lot of OS projects work this way: PostgreSQL, Linux, Apache,
LibreOffice - the bulk of these projects are run by paid staff. But
there is still the opportunity of voluntary work to be added. And who
knows - you may start as a voluntary contributor and by your voluntary
contributions you may have the opportunity to get paid contracts.

Andreas

Am 04.07.2014 07:07, schrieb Zoltan Szecsei:
> Hi,
> I've been following this thread with great interest.
> 
> Whilst recognising the immense importance of financial funding, surely
> there are quite a few developers out there that have added to Open
> Source by giving their own time without receiving any remuneration
> whatsoever.
> 
> I accept that it will be very difficult to measure one developer's
> efforts against another, but surely they should get as much recognition
> as the guys throwing money at this project?
> 
> Perhaps a "bar-counter" showing the number of source-code lines
> contributed in the last "rolling 12 month" period - maybe for the top 10
> contributors only?
> 
> Just a thought.
> Regards to all,
> Zoltan
>