Free Libre Open Source Software
Events in Canada
Open Source Business Models and Sustainability
Noting things that have been said about sustaining FLOSS projects.
- https://medium.com/@nayafia/how-i-stumbled-upon-the-internet-s-biggest-blind-spot-b9aa23618c58
- https://medium.com/@nayafia/open-source-infrastructure-the-q-a-a44615861944
- https://medium.com/@nayafia/open-source-was-worth-at-least-143m-of-instagram-s-1b-acquisition-808bb85e4681#.w58lpwmps
- https://medium.com/@nayafia/we-re-in-a-brave-new-post-open-source-world-56ef46d152a3#.1yyreuae7
- https://opensource.com/article/18/1/how-start-open-source-program-your-company
- https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-hidden-benefit-of-giving-back-to-open-source-software
- https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure
Sources of funding
Getting started
There are various projects which are working to make it easier for new contributors. The following contains projects which mark issues beginner friendly, list of those projects, or tools to help find those projects.
Advice and discussions
- 6 Staring Points for Open Source Beginners
- Request For Commits – Episode #10: Finding New Contributors
Other tools for finding issues to work on
There are tools for finding things to work on in FLOSS projects, but are not specifically for beginners.
- BugsAhoy, which search open issues in Mozilla projects
- Code Triage