So you want to contribute to open source?

[john levin]

Peter Savage wrote:
> A few weeks ago, I had an idea for a book. I've no idea if it's been 
> done before, but I feel that the concept could be adapted to Ubuntu even 
> if it has. The basic idea for the book is to provide an almost one stop 
> resource for people wanting to start contributing to open source. 
> Written from the point of view of a ficticious guy wanting to start a 
> new project, the book would see him;
> 

<snip>

It seems to me that this needs more focus. It's not clear whether it is for
(a) someone who wants to start an open source coding project
(b) someone who wants to contribute to open source, or a specific project
(c) someone who wants to contribute (whether through code or in other 
ways) to Ubuntu.

There's been a good, if skimpy, article on linux.com on contributing by 
testing free software
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/07/2012225
which might give you some more ideas.

HTH

John