Beyond the Code - Why Contributor Recognition Fuels Open-Source Communities
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Picture the end credits of a favourite film rolling on. The screen pauses for a fleeting heartbeat on the best-boy grip, the Foley artist and the catering crew. Without them, there is no film worth the popcorn. Open source is much the same. A repository may have a lone maintainer's name on the tin, yet its real value comes from the chorus behind the curtain: testers, designers, translators, idea-sparkers, typo-hunters and the brave soul who finally wrote that long-overdue paragraph of documentation. Failing to shine a light on that chorus is a sure-fire way to send the house band packing.