Contributor drawings

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If you do significant work on MediaGoblin, you might be eligible for a contributor drawing by MediaGoblin's original founder Chris Webber.

Basically:

  • Originally, these were intended to do these as incentivization for people to do copyright assignments to the FSF, but it turns out that optional copyright assignments are not presently an option with the FSF, it's all or nothing. So all you have to do to be eligible is to do some significant work on MediaGoblin.
  • Don't contact me, I'll contact you and let you know if I'm thinking of making a drawing for you.
  • To keep things from becoming a chore, drawings are not "made to order". You can't tell me precisely what you want in a drawing, I'd really like a lot of freedom here. But I'll probably give you a choice between a couple of themes. Right now I'm doing "unique creature" or "a brand new goblin". The themes might change at some point. I'll let you know.
  • The drawings are not made for you, but they will be dedicated to you. The drawing will not be intended to represent you... I might draw some sort of miscreant, and I don't want you to be offended thinking I'm insulting you. If I worry about that stuff, I'll spend too much time worrying about it and then my artwork will become terribly bland. (However, I might think of what sort of drawing you might like while making it, of course.)
  • When the drawing is done I'll email it to you and you can tell me if you like it or not and whether or not you're willing to have this drawing be dedicated to you. If so, great! If not, oh well, I'll dedicate it to someone else or possibly just post it without any dedication.
  • Lastly, I'm doing this for fun, so hopefully it will be fun! I'll do these as time permits, and I don't know how much that will be. Don't be offended if you've done quite a bit and I haven't gotten to you yet... I probably intend to. I hope this ends up being something enjoyable for everyone, and a nice way for me to combine a bit of artistic release with a community that I care about deeply.