Editing Become a contributor

If you like tovid, please show your appreciation by giving something back to the community that developed it. Some of the ways you can contribute are listed below.


==Participate==

This is the easiest way to contribute, involving no long-term commitment, no obligation, and no responsibility for anything! Bug reports, success stories, ideas and criticisms are all welcome. Get in touch with other tovid users and developers, to brainstorm or shoot the breeze.

* [http://groups.google.com/group/tovid-users Join tovid-users]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/tovid Chat in the IRC channel]


==Hack==

If you have any coding experience (or would like to start learning), you're encouraged to hack the tovid code, and share your improvements with others. Open-source software flourishes when many people study and tinker with the source code.

To work on the tovid code directly, you may become a tovid developer. Here's how:

* Participate a little bit first. The only requirement for being a tovid developer is a demonstrated interest, so stop by the [irc://irc.freenode.net/tovid IRC channel] or [http://groups.google.com/group/tovid-users discussion group] and make your interest known.
* Get a [http://mail.google.com/ GMail account] if you don't already have one; tell [[User:Wapcaplet|wapcaplet]] your GMail username, and ask him to make you a developer.


==Wikify==

The tovid wiki (which you are currently reading) has lots of room for growth and improvement. Wikis are a great way to publish, exchange, and revise ideas; they're also perfect for FAQs, HOWTOs, and other community-authored documents. Feel free to start your own articles or expand upon existing ones in the wiki.



==Package==

There are so many packaging formats ('''.rpm''', '''.deb''', and '''.ebuild''' to
name a few), the tovid project could really use a packaging specialist--someone
who could be responsible for keeping the various packages in sync with the most
recent source distribution of tovid. If you are such a person, we'd love
to hear from you!

If you are just interested in maintaining a tovid package for your favorite distribution, see [[Become a packager]], and add yourself to the [[List of packagers]].

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