Contributing to the project
What do people such as Linus Torvalds, Ward Cunningham, and Richard Stallman all have in common?
If you are just a little interested in software development, you may have heard about one of them. Even if you haven't heard of them, surely you are very likely to know about some of their creations: Linux, Wiki, and the GNU System.
They are all famous and successful software developers and all of them contribute to open source software. So what? You might be thinking, "Why should I contribute to open source software (OSS) projects?"
If you followed the last step and downloaded the source code, open it on IntelliJ or in your favorite IDE, I would like to share two important thoughts on this and maybe inspire you to participate, ...
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