Canonical, Ubuntu’s sponsor company, recently added a new feature to Launchpad, the website that manages all the code and collaboration for Ubuntu and other projects, called the Personal Package Archive (PPA), according to Softpedia. The PPA enables individual (or groups of) developers to upload and collaborate on new packages or modified versions of existing packages without the need to formally join the Ubuntu project as a developer. The goal is for this to provide a way for anyone with good ideas and some development skill to receive feedback and contribute their ideas to the Ubuntu project without committing to becoming an Ubuntu developer.

Further Reading: PPA Quick Start (Launchpad Documentation)

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