Create guidelines for developers who want to open source something in Visma

vismagroup / visma-oss-contribution-model

This is the repository for the Visma OSS contribution model.

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Create guidelines for developers who want to open source something in Visma #1

Open arex1337 opened 3 years ago

arex1337 commented 3 years ago

Some developers are experienced with OSS, some are not. We want to create a guide to answer the questions a Visma developer may have when they consider releasing Visma IP under an open source license, e.g.

1) What and why should I open source? 2) Do I need to ask anyone for approval? 3) Which license should I choose? 4) Where do I publish it? 5) What responsibility do I now have?

arex1337 commented 3 years ago

Include a reminder to use another user account if your existing account has a shady history

arex1337 commented 3 years ago

Publish under own name or Visma?

arex1337 commented 3 years ago

It may make sense for an open source project to transition from the Visma organization to a separate organization after gaining sufficient traction

arex1337 commented 3 years ago

Separating out open source repos into an OSS organization in GitHub will make it more open. We see 4 options for a developer who wants to open source something (not in prioritized/recommended order): 1) Personal repo/org 2) Visma company/product org 3) General Visma OSS org 4) New org outside the Visma enterprise 5) Existing org outside the Visma enterprise