Shashank Kumar
Google Summer of Code 2018 Student with Debian. Google Udacity India Scholar
The Open Source Story
and more
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Something about me
Shashank Kumar
realslimshanky
shanky.dev
Open Source Contributor
Google Code In 2018 mentor
Volunteer co-organizer PyDelhi, Mozilla Delhi and GNDG
Google Summer of Code 2018 student
Origin
Release of Netscape source code
Christine Peterson coined the term 'Open Source'
Formation of Open Source Initiative
Publishing a list of licenses
Definition
1. Free Redistribution
2. Source Code
3. Derived Works
4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
Definition
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
7. Distribution of License
8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
MIT LICENSE
Why Open Source?
Everyone including big companies embraces Open Source
Internet technologies are Open Source
Most of what you use today is Open Source
What to learn
Internet Relay Chat
commonly known as IRC
FOS real-time chat protocol
an IRC server contains collection of channels
What to learn
Mailing List
collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization
What to learn
Reading
Documentation
Source Code
What to learn
Debugging
Language/framework specific tools
Stack Overflow
Blogs
What to learn
FOSS distributed version control system
Most widely used by both communities and enterprises
Where to begin
Search for project which impact you
Get involved in the community
Contribute to their project
Where to begin
Programs to participate
Google Summer of Code
Outreachy
Rail Girls Summer of Code
Hacktoberfest
GitHub Game Off
Thank You
May the --force be with you
slides.com/realslimshanky/opensourcestory
The Open Source Story
By Shashank Kumar
