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  1. <!DOCTYPE html><head><meta charset="utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" /><meta name="keywords" content="GNU, Emacs, Libre Software, Hurd, Guile, Guix" /><meta name="description" content="GNUcode.me is a website focusing on libre software projects, especially the GNU project." /><link type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="GNUcode.me -- Feed" href="/feed.xml" /><a rel="me" href="https://fosstodon.org/@thegnuguy"></a><link type="text/css" href="css/footer.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><link type="text/css" href="css/header.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><link type="text/css" href="css/main.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><title>Make Money Contributing to GNU — GNUcode.me</title></head><body><header><nav><ul><li><a href="index.html">GNUcode.me</a></li><li><a href="services.html">Services</a></li><li><a href="about.html">About</a></li><li><a href="business-ideas.html">Business-ideas</a></li></ul></nav></header><h1>Make Money Contributing to GNU</h1><main><section class="basic-section-padding"><article><h3>by Joshua Branson — September 17, 2020</h3><div><p>So, the truth is that I and <a href="https://rednosehacker.com/">Jeremy Korwin</a> hate
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  2. having money.  It is really quite annoying.  We have decided to get rid of some
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  3. of it, and we hope you will help us.</p><p>If you have been wanting to contribute to a GNU project, but did not know how,
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  4. then here is your chance.  I will pay you $1 (and Jeremy will pay 1€) for any
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  5. single contribution to any GNU project.  The only requirement, is that it has to
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  6. be your first contribution to that project.  Examples include:</p><ul><li>Your first commit to a GNU software project</li><li>Your first commit to a GNU manual</li><li>You contribute artwork that is accepted into a GNU project.</li><li>You commit a new package or update an existing one to a <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">GNU
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  7. distro</a>.</li><li>You help translate a GNU package or manual</li><li>Improve h-node.org <a href="https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html#hnode">h-node.org</a></li><li>Improve <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page">libreplanet.org</a></li><li>You successfully <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html">sell</a> free software for the first time.</li><li>Start a free software blog.  I can <a href="./services.html">help with this</a>.</li><li>Write for the free software bulletin. Email <a href="mailto:info@fsf.org">info@fsf.org</a>.</li><li>Post a video on <a href="https://audio-video.gnu.org">audio-video.gnu.org</a>.  You'll
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  8. need to email <a href="campaigns@fsf.org">info@fsf.org</a>.</li><li>Switch to a completely <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">free operating system</a>.</li><li>Add your program as <a href="https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html">a GNU package</a>.</li><li>Write a Firefox extension that will replace the nonfree Javascript code of
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  9. some useful web site (when that nonfree code is blocked by LibreJS). Either
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  10. pick a site yourself, or ask for suggestions.  I hang out in <code>#guix</code> on irc.</li><li>Convince your University to release <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/university.html">your program as free
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  11. software</a>.</li><li>Join the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/people/webmeisters.html">GNU webmasters team</a>.</li><li>Improve <a href="https://www.gnu.org/server/tasks.html">gnu.org</a>.</li><li>List your company in the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/service">FSF service
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  12. directory</a>.</li></ul><p>Please keep in mind, that we will need to be able to verify that this is your
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  13. first contribution to a specific GNU project.  Ideally, you will commit some
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  14. change to a software project, and we can use <code>git-log</code> to verify this is your
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  15. first commit to that project.</p><p>We are setting aside $90 and 90€ for this &quot;Helping GNU&quot; campaign.  First come,
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  16. first serve.  Email me at
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  17. <a href="mailto:jbranso+helping-gnu@dismail.de">jbranso+helping-gnu@dismail.de</a> when
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  18. your submission is done.</p><p>Your email should look something like:</p><pre><code>Hey Joshua and Jeremy!
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  20. So I contributed my first change to this GNU &lt;software project&gt;.
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  21. As you can see my email address is &lt;your email address&gt;.  You can verify that
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  22. this is my first submission to the GNU &lt;software project&gt; via this &lt;method&gt;.
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  23. You can pay me via paypal.  My email address is: &lt;email address&gt;.
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  25. Thanks,
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  27. Live long and prosper,
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  29. &lt;Your Name&gt;
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  30. I'm a rock star!
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  31. </code></pre><p>Live long and prosper.</p><p>P.S.  If you know of a better payment method, please let me know.  Jeremy is in
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  32. the E.U., and I am based in the U.S.</p><p>P.P.S.  First new contributions</p><ul><li>Girish a <a href="https://pagure.io/librejs/c/441a2029d3eb9314d497da531d11c99a6c31b8f0?branch=master">librejs contribution</a>.</li></ul></div></article></section></main><footer><p>© 2020 Joshua Branson.  The text on this site is free culture under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International license.</p><p>This website is build with Haunt, a static site generator written in Guile Scheme.  Source code is <a href="https://notabug.org/jbranso/gnucode.me">available.</a></p><p>The color theme of this website is based off of the famous <a href="#3f3f3f" target="_blank">zenburn</a> theme.</p></footer></body>
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