Open Source Software
Creating a project
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Who am I?
Write code at Stratasan, mainly python
http://github.com/binarydud, http://twitter.com/binarydud
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Why?
Crazy
Want to give back
Selfish
Self-promoting
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When?
As soon as willing, but wait as long as possible
When you have tests, lots of tests
Code that can be used outside of the original purpose
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How?
Get permission
Choose a license
Push to Github
Commit/Share
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Caveats!
Communication
People are selfish
BDFL vs Community
Testing
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