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Contributing to Jin
There are many ways you can contribute to Jin:
Development
Jin is open source software, licensed under the GPL. You can download the source
code and add any improvements. If I like them, I will add them to Jin. You can
find a list of requested features and known bugs at the
Jin project page.
IMPORTANT: It's a good idea to contact me (at
) before you start writing any
actual code - I may already be working on the same thing!
Test Jin early
If you're a power computer user, but Java (or messing with other people's code)
isn't your thing, you can test Jin by always running the most current
code from CVS and
reporting any issues you find. This will help by detecting bugs and other
problems sooner than they would be otherwise discovered.
Artwork
If you're not a developer but still want to build a part of Jin, you can design
piece sets, board patterns, icons etc. See the page on
creating custom Jin artwork
for more information.
Send money
The most straightforward way to contribute is to send me money via paypal. Just
click the paypal button below and donate $10 (or any amount you wish, really).
The money will go entirely towards Jin development. Specifically, I plan to
spend it on development tools (profiler, debugger, IDE, java-to-native compiler)
and website hosting.