Gamerification in the Community

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tuesday, December 09, 2014 17:59:54 cprofitt wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 17:20 +0000, Elfy wrote:
> > > ...and more importantly, why do you contribute to a community for
> > > something you don't use?
> > 
> > I contribute so I can help people.
> > 
> > I contribute to Xubuntu and to Ubuntu by testing.
> > 
> > But if that's an issue and all we're worrying about is people who DO use
> > Ubuntu - then I'll be off.
> > 
> > >      Jono
> 
> Elfy:
> 
> There is a place for people who do not use Ubuntu. We have graphic
> designers and other 'experts' that work for Canonical that are not using
> Ubuntu. They still, albeit paid, contribute to Ubuntu.

In my view, while they are Canonical employees whose work affects Ubuntu [the 
project] if they aren't using free software, I have a hard time including them 
in my mental model of a free software community.

> Xubuntu, to me, is still part of the Ubuntu Community and I would not
> feel comfortable excluding anyone running a flavor (official or not).

If you imagine that would even be open to question, then I think you are 
deeply confused about what Ubuntu [either the open source project or the Linux 
distribution] is about.  The Ubuntu community has always been bigger than 
people who work on stuff that Canonical cares about.

I'm deeply troubled that you see people who are no part of the free software 
community as more part of Ubuntu than people using and developing Ubuntu [the 
Linux distribution].

Scott K