Comment 5 for bug 436074

@Jorge

I respectfully disagree, though I acknowledge that you're entitled to
your opinion and you may have information that I don't have.

My philosophy: Let everyone contribute and encourage them to do so, even
your dad, or my daughter, or my mom. No contribution is too small. I say
this with the caveat that many of the current contribution processes are
likely to be a bit too "heavy" for them. However, here's an entry point
I can offer though as a counter-example: "Make a small flyer and post it
on a community bulletin board." Here's another: "Draw an icon." Here's a
third: "Translate a string." Perhaps you are equating joining a LoCo
with becoming a developer?

I would also not equate encouragement to get involved in Ubuntu (as a
way to give something back) with "the junk that he gets when he has an
OS delivered". The latter is something I've seen, is truly repulsive and
predatory and we're above it as a project.

We can offer a nicely worded and polite reminder that this system is
built by everyone, and then move on. It's not a pressure sell by any
stretch. We can finesse both the wording and the presentation to make it
unobtrusive while at the same time retaining the two core thoughts in
this bug report:

1) Contributors welcome and needed, no matter how small.
2) We have a Code of Conduct. Here it is. We hope you'll sign it.

Finally, there are no "end users". There is no "us" and "them". There
are only target users, and all users are potential contributors.