# JRuby T-Shirts for Contributors

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 2, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-t-shirts-for-contributors/103198 "2007-05-02T21:31:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/headius)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-t-shirts-for-contributors/103198/1 "2007-05-02T21:31:10Z")

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Hey, I’ve managed to get around 100 JRuby shirts printed up for giveaway  
at JavaOne and RailsConf. I wouldn’t imagine a lot of you will be at  
JavaOne, but RailsConf is another matter. But there’s a catch: they’re  
for contributors. As part of our push to 1.0, I wanted to get a bunch of  
shirts to show how much we appreciate people helping us eliminate the  
last bugs.

So if you’ve ever considered trying out JRuby and helping to fix bugs,  
now’s the time. The shirts will be for folks that have provided a patch  
or done a whole lot of legwork/research on a given bug. If you want the  
goods, you gotta do your part 🙂

My blog post about it is here:

> **[JRuby: The T-Shirt!](http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/05/jruby-t-shirt.html)**
>
> Yes, I've managed to secure a small order of JRuby t-shirts for giveaway at JavaOne and RailsConf. And they're pretty sweet, have a look at ...

Feel free to email me or the JRuby mailing lists with questions about  
how to get started. Half the core team won’t be at JavaOne, so there  
should still be folks available to answer questions.

- Charlie

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**Author:** ![headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/headius)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-t-shirts-for-contributors/103198/2 "2007-05-02T21:40:10Z")

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On May 2, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Charles Oliver N. wrote:

> bug. If you want the goods, you gotta do your part 🙂
> 
> My blog post about it is here:
> 
> [Headius: JRuby: The T-Shirt!](http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/05/jruby-t-shirt.html)
> 
> Feel free to email me or the JRuby mailing lists with questions  
> about how to get started. Half the core team won’t be at JavaOne,  
> so there should still be folks available to answer questions.

Why does the shirt say “include Java”? Shouldn’t it be “require  
‘java’”? Maybe I’m behind on syntax changes.

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**Author:** ![headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/headius)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-t-shirts-for-contributors/103198/3 "2007-05-02T21:55:11Z")

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Mark V. wrote:

> Why does the shirt say “include Java”? Shouldn’t it be “require ‘java’”?  
> Maybe I’m behind on syntax changes.

It was going to be “require ‘java’” up until recentl. “include Java” is  
the new way. Java is just an autoloaded module now that pulls in the  
‘java’ library when needed. And I think the imperative phrase “include  
Java” fits pretty well.

- Charlie