Why open source is good for
you (and your organisation)
PHP Hampshire
January 2014
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“Software is like sex:
it's better when it's
free.”
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Why open source is good for
you (and your organisation)
PHP Hampshire
January 2014
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WHO?
• Michael Cullum
• phpBB Team Member
• Lover of FIG, Symfony, Open
Source and much more…
michaelcullumuk
[email protected]
michaelcullum
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What’s on the Menu?
• What is Open Source?
• Why is Open Source?
• Who is Open Source?
• How can Open Source help me?
• Why should I help Open Source?
• How can I help Open Source?
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What’s on the Menu?
• What is Open Source?
• Why is Open Source?
• Who is Open Source?
• How can Open Source help me?
• Why should I help Open Source?
• How can I help Open Source?
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What is Open
Source?
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FREE STUFF
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SORT OF
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Free as in free beer
Free as in free speech
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Free as in free beer
Internet Explorer
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Free as in
free speech
Chrome, PHP, Symfony, Zend, phpBB, Drupal….
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All share and share
alike!
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So….
Special free stuff?
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But it’s so much
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Community
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• What is Open Source?
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Because it makes the
world a better place
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• What is Open Source?
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• How can Open Source help me?
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People WHO:
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Work for fun!
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Paid to work on
FOSS
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Don’t have a life
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Networkers
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And Organisations
WHO:
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Want free
marketing
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Want free workers
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Support FOSS
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• What is Open Source?
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Use free stuff
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Best practices
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Other’s work worth it
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Other people
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If nobody did…
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Improvement
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Reinventing the
wheel
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Work for you
for free
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Contacts/
People
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Inspire & be
inspired
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Sell your
expertise
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• What is Open Source?
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• How can Open Source help me?
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Use & Abuse it!
http://github.com [/explore/]
http://packagist.org [/explore/]
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Contribute!
Code, Documentation, Translation, Quality
Assurance, Architectural Discussions [and
sometimes your moans & groans]
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HELP:
• IRC
• Mailing Lists
• Development Forum
• Bug tracker
• Me!
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Slides Available
@
speakerdeck.com/michaelcullum/opensource
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Why open source is good for
you (and your organisation)
PHP Hampshire
January 2014