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The document discusses ways for developers to contribute to open source projects. It recommends starting by learning Git and fixing bugs or documenting features for projects you use. It also suggests answering questions on Stack Overflow and IRC channels. Once comfortable, developers can open source their own projects and accept contributions from others. The document notes maintaining open source projects requires responding promptly to issues but not feeling pressured to fix everything immediately. It also discusses choosing an open source license and signing contributor license agreements.
Open source
- 1. Open Source How to Join the Community Nathan L Smith Engineering Lead – User interface Chef
- 2. “Open source as a development model promotes: Universal access via free license to a product’s design or or blueprint Universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements by anyone” What is Open Source? Source? - Wikipedia
- 3. Why Should I Care?
- 4. Why Should I Care? Open source software lets you use other peoples’ code for free
- 5. Why Should I Care? Open source software lets you use other peoples’ code for free modern civilization exist
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- 7. Why Contribute? Help people like yourself No matter what your level of experience, there will always be somebody who knows less than you do.
- 8. Why Contribute? Help people like yourself No matter what your level of experience, there will always be somebody who knows less than you do. Become a better engineer Reading and writing code is what makes you learn coding. The best way to learn is to teach.
- 9. Why Contribute? Help people like yourself No matter what your level of experience, there will always be somebody who knows less than you do. Become a better engineer Reading and writing code is what makes you learn coding. The best way to learn is to teach. Make friends Code is communication. The open source community is people. Many of them are nice and will help you and have beers with you.
- 10. Ways to Contribute Stack Overflow Ask questions. Read questions and answers. Answer questions.
- 11. Ways to Contribute Stack Overflow Ask questions. Read questions and answers. Answer questions. IRC Many projects have IRC channels filled with lost souls. Try answering at least one question for each one you ask. (freenode.net is a good place to start.)
- 12. Ways to Contribute Stack Overflow Ask questions. Read questions and answers. Answer questions. IRC Many projects have IRC channels filled with lost souls. Try answering at least one question for each one you ask. (freenode.net is a good place to start.) GitHub Chances are most open source software you’re using is on there. Found a bug in it? Fix it! Found a typo in a README? Fix it! Want to share your pet project with the world? Somebody might like it, and maybe they will fix that typo in your README.
- 13. Starting With GitHub* Learn Git Git Real from Code School is a great place to learn the basics. The Pro Git book is open source and free to read online. GitHub Help is helpful. * Bitbucket and CodePlex are nice too.
- 14. Starting With GitHub* Learn Git Git Real from Code School is a great place to learn the basics. The Pro Git book is open source and free to read online. GitHub Help is helpful. Scratch an itch Fix a bug (you will find one) or implement a feature on a project you use. Many projects are short on documentation. Go read the code and write some. Or just look through open issues on projects that interest you. * Bitbucket and CodePlex are nice too.
- 15. Starting With GitHub* Learn Git Git Real from Code School is a great place to learn the basics. The Pro Git book is open source and free to read online. GitHub Help is helpful. Scratch an itch Fix a bug (you will find one) or implement a feature on a project you use. Many projects are short on documentation. Go read the code and write some. Or just look through open issues on projects that interest you. Open source your stuff Got a really dumb game you wrote for the heck of it? A class project? Something you wrote to make life easier? You can share it. * Bitbucket and CodePlex are nice too.
- 16. Open Sourcing your Stuff …can be a life-long commitment. If you stop using your own project or don’t have time to care, try and find someone who is using who would be willing to maintain it. If you don’t want to maintain it anymore, at least say so in the README. It’s ok. Most people will understand. If you are maintaining your project, try to be prompt in responding, but don’t be pressured to fix everybody’s problems right away. When you enthusiastically accept peoples’ input, and help them fix the problem themselves, you’ll build them up and take pressure off of yourself. People might not always be nice. Don’t be discouraged. The internet is full of complainers and assholes. Try to be as nice to them as you are to the nice people.
- 17. Non-Tech Stuff You Should Know About Licenses You probably aren’t a lawyer and don’t want to spend money on one to figure out what license you should use. MIT and Apache are common ones and a good bet. choosealicense.com has some useful basic information but should not be considered legal advice.
- 18. Non-Tech Stuff You Should Know About Licenses You probably aren’t a lawyer and don’t want to spend money on one to figure out what license you should use. MIT and Apache are common ones and a good bet. choosealicense.com has some useful basic information but should not be considered legal advice. CLAs Some projects require you to sign a Contributor License Agreement in order to protect you and the project maintainers from patent-related legal action. Many corporations won’t use software unless it has one. These are ok to sign, but as with any document, read it first.
- 19. * US Law required at least 1 meme per slide deck *