>  if your hearts are not into it

Heart is the key. The project has contributors, not dictators. Ubuntu has a dictator for life, python had until recently a dictator. Projects where there's a man (it's always a man) you can demand make a decision one way of another for a particular issue.

Inkscape doesn't have that. Just people, doing things. Almost at random, but with consensus.

I personally hate Apple (and I mean revulsion when I see their products, with lip curling, stomach turning yuk) but I still spent six months, sending recruitment messages, cultivating the new Mac developers team, offering guidance, doing the outreach. Because you know, we care about the project more than our arrogance.

I think many of the contributors here have proven themselves to be amazing volunteers, selfless, dedicated, responsible and conscientious. Individuals who are able to meet, talk out problems and grapple with heated differences of opinion. Their service to the greater good is cast iron and I would back them to the last mailing list byte based on their reputation as contributors to this project.

What I'm trying to say is: I reject utterly even the symbolic comparison that contributors are lazy or arrogant. This kind of inflammatory language is unhelpful for the project and gets in the way of your future friendships and contributions in the project.

And I do mean that. I'm keenly interested in the ways you will be able to help the project grow and improve, to be better on Mac or better in general or better on social media. There's so much work to do and your help is welcome and we give permissions out liberally to all, even non technical contributions are considered a serious committent to the project. The collective energy is based on people like yourself and the relationships we all form with all the other contributors, that's what pushes the project forwards.

I hope to see your around.

Best Regards, Martin Owens
Inkscape Website Administrator
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