n along with other people'.
In free software and open source, we talk about 'contributing' to a project or community.
That means people working together to improve an open source project.
People who regularly work on open source are often called 'open source contributors'.
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Outreachy applicants will become open source contributors during the contribution period!
When you work on an Outreachy project task, you're making a 'contribution' to that project.
A contribution can be something small, like a 