OSS Project Contributors

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📉 Falling 0.5x Open Source
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rd108 Jan 12, 2012 View on HN

Is it... really just one guy doing the core dev work? (nonwithstanding plugins and so forth)

cssinate Sep 6, 2024 View on HN

They're saying the OP is one of the main contributors to the project.

mrweasel Feb 3, 2014 View on HN

Does Ubuntu developers count as individual contributors or does Ubuntu not help?

sk2020 Sep 18, 2020 View on HN

You might note that Rust was conceived by Graydon Hoare and now "the community" owns the project, and the creator is no longer involved. Much like Nikolay Kim (who also was a developer of aiohttp for python, a very impressive FOSS record!)

lf-non Feb 11, 2024 View on HN

why would you call them a former dev if they are actively contributing huge features ?

ratsimihah May 2, 2018 View on HN

Is this created and maintained by a single developer (kusti8?), community, or corporation?

OskarS Apr 16, 2019 View on HN

Wow, I had no idea those things were maintained by the same guy! That's amazing! Is there somewhere one can contribute to his development efforts? I guess just donate to GNU Foundation?

_delirium Jul 28, 2012 View on HN

It looks like it's an in-house project at the Sunlight Foundation, by paid staff. The primary dev (going by GitHub checkins) seems to be Paul Tagliamonte, who is a Sunlight Foundation employee: http://sunlightfoundation.com/people/ptagliamonte/

lukeqsee Jun 23, 2021 View on HN

I'm one of the folks behind the fork (and part of the initial steering committee). Happy to answer any questions!

logicchains Feb 27, 2021 View on HN

Thanks for clarifying! I assumed he was the maintainer because he's put a lot of effort into publicising it.