Congratulations to David Viteri, Hero Open Source Developer for September-October 2015
We’re happy to announce the Hero Open Source Developer for the months of September and October – David Viteri of Italy. Since the start of the year, Developer World has recognised developer that have contributed to the most accepted commits to our SonyXperiaDev GitHub projects. David, who was previously the March-April hero open source developer, takes the honours again. Learn more about his efforts after the jump.
The Hero Open Source Developer program identifies important contributions made by open source developers to our SonyXperiaDev GitHub projects. Every two months, the developer who has submitted the most accepted commits to our AOSP for Xperia projects is recognised as a hero open source developer. For the months of September to October, David Viteri is the latest hero open source developer.
David Viteri
When David Viteri earned top honours as the March-April hero open source developer, he contributed 79 accepted commits to our kernel and device projects. This time, David contributed 121 accepted commits to our Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z3 AOSP projects.
Originally from Ecuador, David is a student based in Milan, Italy. He has been developing custom ROMs for several years, but started developing for AOSP when he got his hands on a Sony Xperia Z1. David works on the Sony AOSP project in his free time. “I’m very pleased once again to win this special recognition from Sony,” he says. “I’m very excited with the progress of the Lollipop project and look forward to making similar contributions to Marshmallow’s progress.”
David is grateful for the support from Alin Jerpelea, Bjorn Andersson, the FreeXperia team, and many others working in Sony’s Open Source repositories. David adds, “I’m really happy that Sony has taken the road to help third-party developers. I will continue to help in every way I can in this amazing project, and I hope this will inspire more people to join.”
Congratulations to David! Thanks again for your contributions!
Could you be our next hero open source developer?
To take part and potentially become our next Hero Open Source Developer, simply develop and submit your commits to our kernel and device projects listed at the Hero Open Source Developers page. Our next Hero Open Source Developer will be the person who has submitted most accepted commits during November and December.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line below.
More information
- Read about Erik Castricum, our previous Hero Open Source Developer for July-August.
- Read about Abhinav Jhanwar, our first Hero Open Source Developer of 2015.
- Visit the Open source & AOSP area on Developer World.
- Learn how to unlock the boot loader of an Xperia device.
- Learn how to build and flash a Linux kernel on Xperia devices.