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Helping Yourself with
Open Source Software
!
@MikeMcQuaid
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Mike McQuaid
Maintainer (2009-17)
twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid
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!
Mike McQuaid
Senior Engineer (2013-17)
github.com/MikeMcQuaid
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what is
open source?
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open source software is
software with source code
that anyone can inspect,
modify, and enhance
https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source
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why use
open source?
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open source is
free to use
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open source is
widely used
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open source is
(often) documented
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open source is
best for agile and
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open source is
best for agile and
best for entrepreneurs
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what is
GitHub?
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$ 21m developers
GitHub
58m repositories
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20% are considered
open source software
28m public repositories
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nodejs/node
1,356 contributors
17,480 commits
rails/rails
3,293 contributors
62,488 commits
rust-lang/rust
1,783 contributors
64,186 commits
django/django
1,409 contributors
24,370 commits
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how can I get
started in
open source?
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https://
opensource.gui
de
https://opensource.guide
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scratch an itch
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what groups of
people are in
open source?
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users
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contributors
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maintainers
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no-one ever became
a contributor
without being a
user first
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no-one ever became
a maintainer
without being a
contributor first
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no-one excels as
a maintainer
without remaining
an active user
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users
contributors
maintainers
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many contributors
were talked into it
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most maintainers
were talked into it
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docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request.html
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docs.brew.sh/New-Maintainer-Checklist.html
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how can you keep
users/contributors/
maintainers happy?
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users
high quality
no guilt merges
no v2.0
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contributors
no bike shedding
☎ open discussions
no feature issues
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maintainers
code of conduct
private chat
always growing
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questions?