One of the fundamental beliefs of the Habari development team is that the community surrounding Habari is more important than the product being produced. As a result, the Habari community is a vibrant, dynamic group of people all using and improving Habari to solve various problems. The community includes full-time web developers, scientists, artists, students, and more. There is no hierarchy or stratification amongst participants, and everyone is empowered to suggest changes and drive innovation.
Habari embraces the meritocracy development model, which rewards people for continued, meaningful contributions. There is no specific metric used to measure such contributions; instead it's an overall appreciation for an individual's participation within, and support of, the greater Habari community: providing insightful answers on the mailing lists, engaging other bloggers exploring and talking about Habari, and helping new user users solve problems in IRC are as valuable as submitting patches and suggesting new features. And as a statement of the Habari developer's belief in the community, the habari-extras code repository is open to anyone who expresses an interest in it....
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