Making Open Source Your Livelihood

Sethupathi AsokanDirector & Co-founder

@sethupathia

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Is it a right thought?

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Don’t insult us

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What is open source?

Why do people contribute to open source?

Gives a kick?

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Build your profile

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Fix because I need itflickr.com

Be an expert

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How do people contribute to open source?

Work for a company that opens all its source code

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Consulting

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Blogs, Book & Podcast

Do you contribute to Open Source?

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Do you reward open source contribution?

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Lose interest

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Low Priority

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Less committed

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Why aren’t people contributing to open source?

Not my problem

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Show me the moneyShow me the money

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Don’t have time

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Fear factor

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http://brajeshwar.com/2010/open-source-may-the-source-be-with-you/

How can we encourage everyone to contribute to

open source?

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Organisational support from the top

Open Source Friday

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Third Saturday of every Month

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Make it enjoyable

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Create competitiveness

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Platform to reward open source contributions ??

Teams of 3Monitor commitsMonitor activities

Score everything

Round 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Platform to reward open source contributions ??

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Level playing field

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Level playing field

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Only valuable repositories

Royalty for Owners

Rolling Competitions

Commits

Commits

Activities

Activities

Automated Scoring

Rewards

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Leader Boards

Organisations

Future

Open Source Contributors

vsOpen Source Consumers

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