The Pragmatic Contributor The Pragmatic Patch Playbook Step 0: Talk to legal Step 1: Get the lay of the land Step 2: Get maintainer buy-in Step 3: Do the work Step 4: Do the other work Step 5: Finish line Step 6: Tie it off Conclusion I sometimes have the feeling that salaried programmers shy away from fixing or extending open source code due to some combination of the following: They don’t think it’s part of their job. Their employer doesn’t think it’s part of their job, and/or does not have th...