Things your parents didn't teach you about sharing your toys

Your parents probably taught you to share your toys with the other children, and that same philosophy is at the core of the FOSS movement. However, what your parents didn't tell you is that out in the real world, it's not just about sharing. If you share code without a good understanding of the legal and social systems surrounding software development, you can find yourself in hot water.

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1. Things your parents didn't teach you about sharing your toys Dr Russell Keith-Magee DjangoCon US 2016
2. Things your parents didn't teach you about sharing your toys Dr Russell Keith-Magee DjangoCon US 2016
3. Trigger warning: Depression and burnout
6. Sharing toys
7. Si vis pacem, para bellum
9. Copyright
10. What is copyright?
11. What does it mean to own a copyright?
12. Copyrights and licensing
13. Software copyright and licensing
14. Copyleft
15. Pop quiz: Who owns the copyright for Django?
16. Answer: Copyright (c) Django Software Foundation and individual contributors. All rights reserved.
17. Contributor License Agreements
18. Developer's Certificate of Origin developercertificate.org
19. Accepting a DCO Signed-off-by: John Smith <jsmith@example.com> $ git commit -s
20. Copyright assignment
21. Work for hire
22. How to grant a license
23. What license to grant?
24. Use one of the well known licenses MIT BSD Apache LGPL GPL Creative Commons GFDL
25. Pay attention to Your goals
26. Pay attention to your community
27. Pay attention to the nature of your work
28. Multiple licenses
29. What, no license?!
30. Code snippets e.g. Stack Overflow
31. Public Domain
32. Don't roll your own.
33. Unexpected consequences
34. Trademarks
35. What is a trademark?
36. How do you get one?
38. Python
39. Trademarks have scope
40. Downloadable open source computer software for use in connection with internet publishing and website development Django Software Foundation, OR
41. Picks for guitars and other musical instruments Breezy Ridge Instruments, PA.
42. Perfumes, rouge, face powders, toilet waters, cologne waters, cosmetic skin creams and lotions, lipsticks, nail lacquers, hair lotions, lotions for the beard, bath salts, talcum powder, and dentifrices
43. Does this really matter?
44. Getting permission to use
45. Trademark license
46. Nominative use
47. Using trademarks
48. It's not just about lawyers
49. Sales & Marketing
50. Trigger warning: Depression and burnout
51. The giving tree
52. The giving tree == Your Open Source project
53. Depression & burnout
54. Institutionalize exits
55. Don't assume resources are free
56. A side effect Enabling Diversity
57. Now run along and have fun!
58. Thank you! russell@keith-magee.com @freakboy3742 cecinestpasun.com pybee.org