What is Open Source

Social coding with a creative liencse

Who's Open Source

• Spotify, Netflix, Aws, Facebook, Twitter
• Cooking receipts, templates job desc / code of conduct, legal docs etc
• Government departments (open source by default)

Example projects

• Angular, Material Design
• Bootstrap
• Node

It is not just about code

• Journey, Living project
• Inclusive Culture
• Community

Benefits

• Reviews & testing
• Ideas / feedback
• Documentation verified
• Hiring / recruitment stream

Practical

• Long game, marathon
• Start as soon as possible
• Defacto standard is GitHub
• Licensing

Conclusion