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

[Asheesh Laroia]

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?

-- Asheesh.

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