Technical contributions are not the only sort of contributions. For that matter, someone wanting membership whose only contributions are code-based will be told to simply apply for developer status as developers are automatically granted member status. Direct membership application is for community-based contributions. Advocacy work, tech support, writing documentation, working on translations, etc. are what are looked at.
You can definitely use wireless from the CLI in Ubuntu if you know what you're doing. Which, well, that's how anything on the command line is: "if you know what you're doing." See also: "man 5 interfaces"
While I completely agree with OS, the GPL and its enforcement. The question that I ask myself is what impact those lawsuits will have on the OpenSource model.
Will patent trolls become OS Trolls and will OpenSource become Open 'sue us'?
This may be the rise of a new business model...
You're missing the part about how you have to actually *steal code* from a project in order to violate their copyright, whereas a patent violation can be thought up independently without knowledge of the filing. GPL code is not code you can use in any way you see fit, it's code that you can use provided you comply with the license terms.
Flying a plane into the Pentagon? Not terrorism
What about civilian personnel who make up a large component of the Pentagon staff?
The hardest part of climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.