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Transcript

  1. I Am Open Source (And So Can You!) David Czarnecki

  2. @czarneckid

  3. @agoragames

  4. let’s talk open source

  5. is there a path?

  6. typically start out as a consumer

  7. transition to a participant

  8. migration to a maintainer

  9. becoming an evangelizer

  10. and finally a creator

  11. my first project

  12. blog software blojsom

  13. a few facts

  14. started february ‘03

  15. mostly a solo project

  16. adopted by apple june ’04* * https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/06/28Apple-Previews-Mac-OS-X-Server-Tiger.html

  17. bought a bottle of cristal

  18. 3 major releases

  19. 1st release: flat files

  20. focused on simplicity

  21. 2nd release: rewrite

  22. focused on plugins, extensions, and templating

  23. 3rd release: DB

  24. focused on execution

  25. ceased august ‘09

  26. what did i learn?

  27. features are important

  28. bug fixes are important

  29. documentation is important

  30. communication is important

  31. IP is important

  32. schwag is important

  33. how can you contribute?

  34. as a developer…

  35. open source work is…

  36. a developer “resume”

  37. remember what’s important?

  38. features are important

  39. bug fixes are important

  40. documentation is important

  41. communication is important

  42. IP is important

  43. schwag is important

  44. as a company…

  45. open source work is…

  46. a way to incentivize current and future employees

  47. foster an open culture

  48. ask, why isn’t this open?

  49. remember what’s important?

  50. features are important

  51. bug fixes are important

  52. documentation is important

  53. communication is important

  54. IP is important

  55. schwag is important

  56. thank you everyone questions?