vladimirvivien
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- Introduction / Bio
- Motivation for talk
- Who is target audience
- Importance of OSS (deep reach of OSS)
- System software
- Enterprise software
- Desktop software
- Mobile
- Embedded system software
- Hardware, etc
- Countless domains (business, academia, manufacturing, research, data science, etc)
- OSS success
- market size $$
- Projection $$
- Need for new contributors (fresh ideas)
- What is an OSS Contribution
- Usage of OSS project
- Enhance project documentation overall web presence
- Promotion of project (social media, presentation, blog)
- Report issues / bugs
- Contribution
- Close open issues
- Target low hanging fruits
- Help with code review
- Suggest and implement enhancements
- Use project in your own projects
- Making a Contribution
- Large projects vs smaller project
- Understand project culture (Benevolent dictator, committee, etc)
- Join mailing list, forums, slack / irc channels ,etc
- Familiarity with tools (source control, build, etc)
- Understand contribution process (PR, code reviews, votes, etc)
- Why Contribute
- OSS is volunteering
- Enhance project with your ideas
- OSS project owners need fresh views
- Selfishly inject your influence
- Large open source projects hire contributors
- Build solid reputation
- Fin
The open source community is a fast-paced environment where enhancements and bug fixes can be contributed by anyone. However, it can be intimidating when trying to contribute to a large project that has its own policies and procedures for accepting changes. In this session we will share lessons learned, strategies, and advice for getting your changes accepted into that OSS project you've been lurking around!