freesewing/markdown/dev/howtos/ways-to-contribute/en.md

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title: Ways to contribute
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Thank you for being part of our community, and for wanting to contribute! ❤️  
FreeSewing is an open source project ran by volunteers from different corners of the world.
We would love to have you on board, and this page lists everything you need to know to get started.

## Requirements

The only requirement we ask from our contributors is that they are the kind of people who
value a safe and welcoming environment for all members of the FreeSewing community.

To that extend, we impose the following requirements to ensure everyone feels safe and welcome:

- Any member of our community must respect [our community standards](https://freesewing.org/docs/about/community-standards/)
- As a contributor, you must uphold [our Code of Conduct](/guides/code-of-conduct/)

Go ahead and read those, we'll wait.

## Good to know

With that out of the way, here's a few more things that are _good to know_:

- Nobody gets paid to work on/for FreeSewing. We are a 100% volunteer organisation.
- We have patrons who support us financially, but all the money that comes in goes to charity —
  See our [revenue pledge](https://freesewing.org/docs/about/pledge/) for details
- FreeSewing follows the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org/) specification.
  Contributions of any kind are welcome.

## Where to begin

Below is a list of ideas or roles you could take up.
If you're not sure what to do, or if you have questions, [please reach out to
us](https://discord.freesewing.org/).

<ReadMore />

<Comment by="joost">

##### Who wants a job in the tech sector?

For many in our community, contributing to FreeSewing marked their
first steps into the world of open source software development.

I (joost) am happy to provide guidance or mentorship to anyone who
wants to learn, especially when doing so enables upwards social mobility.

[Reach out](https://discord.freesewing.org/) and we let's do this.

</Comment>
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feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
Backslashes for line breaks are visible online Making all md conform with https://freesewing.dev/guides/markdown/line-breaks 2022-08-27 21:49:14 +02:00			`Thank you for being part of our community, and for wanting to contribute! ❤️`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00			`FreeSewing is an open source project ran by volunteers from different corners of the world.`
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`We would love to have you on board, and this page lists everything you need to know to get started.`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`## Requirements`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`The only requirement we ask from our contributors is that they are the kind of people who`
			`value a safe and welcoming environment for all members of the FreeSewing community.`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`To that extend, we impose the following requirements to ensure everyone feels safe and welcome:`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
Bulk fix links to org/docs/various -> org/docs/about 2024-07-08 19:19:28 +03:00			`- Any member of our community must respect [our community standards](https://freesewing.org/docs/about/community-standards/)`
chore: More linting @nicholasdower is smarter than me. What's missing was the `listItemIndent` setting 2022-02-20 14:44:38 +01:00			`- As a contributor, you must uphold [our Code of Conduct](/guides/code-of-conduct/)`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`Go ahead and read those, we'll wait.`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`## Good to know`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore: Remark linter run 2022-02-20 14:35:50 +01:00			`With that out of the way, here's a few more things that are _good to know_:`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore: More linting @nicholasdower is smarter than me. What's missing was the `listItemIndent` setting 2022-02-20 14:44:38 +01:00			`- Nobody gets paid to work on/for FreeSewing. We are a 100% volunteer organisation.`
			`- We have patrons who support us financially, but all the money that comes in goes to charity —`
Bulk fix links to org/docs/various -> org/docs/about 2024-07-08 19:19:28 +03:00			`See our [revenue pledge](https://freesewing.org/docs/about/pledge/) for details`
chore: More linting @nicholasdower is smarter than me. What's missing was the `listItemIndent` setting 2022-02-20 14:44:38 +01:00			`- FreeSewing follows the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org/) specification.`
			`Contributions of any kind are welcome.`
feat: Flat import of markdown repo This is a flat (without history) import of (some of) the content from our markdown module. We've imported this without history because the repo contains our blog posts and showcases posts content prior to porting them to strapi. Since this contains many images, it would balloon the size of this repo to import the full history. Instead, please refer to the history of the (archived) markdown repo at: https://github.com/freesewing/markdown 2021-08-25 16:09:31 +02:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`## Where to begin`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`Below is a list of ideas or roles you could take up.`
chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs 2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00			`If you're not sure what to do, or if you have questions, [please reach out to`
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`us](https://discord.freesewing.org/).`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`<ReadMore />`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`<Comment by="joost">`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00
			`##### Who wants a job in the tech sector?`

fix(markdown) Fix typos 2024-01-21 11:16:40 -08:00			`For many in our community, contributing to FreeSewing marked their`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00			`first steps into the world of open source software development.`

chore(markdown): Linting of dev docs 2022-02-19 08:04:25 +01:00			`I (joost) am happy to provide guidance or mentorship to anyone who`
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`wants to learn, especially when doing so enables upwards social mobility.`

			`[Reach out](https://discord.freesewing.org/) and we let's do this.`
chore(markdown): Redistributed contributor docs 2021-12-28 11:06:54 +01:00
chore(markdown): More dev updates 2021-12-28 12:23:33 +01:00			`</Comment>`