Forge Your Future With Open Source by Vicky -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Forge Your Future with Open Sourc e

About the Pragmatic Bookshelf Table of Contents Early praise for Forge Your Future w ith Open Source Preface

What’s in This Book? What’s NOT in This Book? Who Should Read This Book? Why Is This Book Not Openly Licensed? Suggestions, Errata, or Questions? Credits Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Foundations and Philosophies of Free and Open Source

It’s About the People Why Learn About the Philosophies? Free and Open Source Software Is Everywhere Other Open Movements The Origins of Free Software The Origins of Open Source Difference Between Fr ee Software and Open Source An Aside About Terminology A Brief Introduction to Copyright and Li censing Types of Free and Open Source Software Licenses Now You Have a Strong Foundation

Chapter 2: What Free and Open Source Can Do for You

FOSS Benefits to Your Skillset FOSS Benefits to Your Career FOSS Benefits to Your Personal Net work Benefit from Preparation

Chapter 3: Prepare to Contribute

Ways to Contribute Common Project and Community Roles Files You Should Know About Before You Start Issue Tracking Common Communication Routes Contributor License Agreement/Developer Certif icate of Origin You’re Ready to Find a Project

Chapter 4: Find a Project

Set Your Goals Collect Your Requirements Collect Candidate Projects Select a Project Select a Task What Is “Success”?

Chapter 5: Make a Contribution

Prepare for Your Contributi on Craft Your Contribution Gotchas Clone and Branch Atomic Commits Test Your Contribution Submit Your Contribution Review, Revise, Collaborat e Tidy Up Special Considerations for Windows-based C ontributors There’s More to Contributing Than Just Co de

Chapter 6: Make a Difference Without Making a Pull Request

Review Contributions Provide Testing Triage Issues Volunteer for the Less Interesting Thing s There Are So Many Options

Chapter 7: Interact with the Community

After Your First Contributio n Get Help General Tips for Participating in Disc ussions The Importance of Setting Up and Main taining Expectations Communication Channels and H ow to Use Them Mailing List Issue Tracker Real-Time Chat Conference Call Only the Tip of the Iceberg

Chapter 8: It’s About the People

Get Together Tips for Coping at a Conference o r Meetup Form Your Own Meetup Moving up in the Community FOSS Is People

Chapter 9: When It Goes Wrong

Intimidated by FOSS’ Reputation Can’t Find a Project Company Policies Contribution Process Is Unclear Language Barriers Your Contribution Is Declin ed Community Problems Sometimes You’re the Problem How to Exit a Community You Don’t Have to Feel Trapped

Chapter 10: Start Your Own Project

Quick Start Guide to Releasing You r Own Project What Is Your Goal? Optimize for Community Work in the Open Keep It Simple, Silly Share the Burden Early Select Communication Rou tes What About Issue Tracking? Styleguides Select a License How to Apply a License Publish the Project and You’re Done !

Chapter 11: Contribute for Your Job

Contributing to External FOSS Projects Contributing to Your Company’ s FOSS Projects Convincing Your Employer to Sup port FOSS Forge Your Future

Appendix 1: Glossary Bibliography