[TOS] Some Thoughts about a "How to Get Started Contributing to (and Using) FOSS" essay

Shlomi Fish shlomif at iglu.org.il
Sun Apr 4 16:04:08 UTC 2010


On Sunday 04 Apr 2010 18:50:02 Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Excerpts from Shlomi Fish's message of Sun Apr 04 15:30:13 +0000 2010:
> > On Sunday 04 Apr 2010 05:41:25 Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> > > Excerpts from satyaakam goswami's message of Sat Apr 03 20:51:02 +0000 
2010:
> > > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> 
wrote:
> > > > > Hi all!
> > > > > 
> > > > > For the past few days I've been intending to write a document about
> > > > > "How to Get Started Contributing to (and to a lesser extent, Using)
> > > > > Open Source Software". Here are some of my random thoughts about my
> > > > > plans for it.
> > > > 
> > > > how about this list
> > > > 
> > > > http://shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/gnubie.html
> > > 
> > > Hey Shlomi,
> > > 
> > > I wrote this little tutorial a little while ago:
> > > 
> > > https://openhatch.org/blog/how-can-openhatch-help-me-contribute-to-free
> > > -sof tware/
> > > 
> > > You can click around on the headings to collapse/expand them.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > It's not too bad for its scope, but I aim somewhat higher and for more
> > comprehensiveness. A lot of people who may read my tutorial may not fully
> > understand what a text editor is, what source code is, why is shrinkwrap
> > software (commercial, proprietary, open-source, etc.) unique (i.e:
> > because most software does not have sale value), what makes FOSS great
> > and desirable, why you should want to write FOSS ("What? Give away my
> > software? Do I look like a sucker to you?!") , and other considerations
> > like that.
> 
> Makes sense. Have you read the Teaching Open Source textbook yet?
> 

No, not yet. I was referred to its sources, but it's quite long, and I could 
not find any summary of its motivation and intentions. I would love to 
contribute to it if it's in the same scope.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> -- Asheesh.

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