How to Open Source an Internal Project: Vicky (VM) Brasseur
Speaker: Vicky (VM) Brasseur
Date: Tuesday, July 14
Title: How to Open Source an Internal Project
Abstract:
Your company is going to release an internal project as open source. Are you ready for your new responsibilities? You could just throw the code up on a forge (like GitHub, GitLab), but it's unlikely to receive attention or provide many benefits to the company. Open-sourcing an internal project requires a lot of thought & work.
Releasing a project as open-source requires changes to the development/build/release workflow. This is not about the code per se; it’s about the processes & infrastructure that surround the code & that make the project successful.
This talk will introduce what you need to know & to expect before you release your internal project, including:
Identifying company goals for the project
Pre-release due diligence: licenses & code hygiene
Community expectations & maintenance
Processes which need to happen in the open
Communication: internal & external
About the talk:
Vicky delivered this talk at the All Things Open RTP and Open Source SC joint meetups on Tuesday, July 14. The talk is approximately 45 minutes in duration and is followed by a brief Q&A. We encourage everyone to follow Vicky on Twitter at / vmbrasseur . Her award-winning book "Forge Your Future with Open Source" can be found here - https://pragprog.com/titles/vbopens/. It is one of the best books we've ever read on the topic of Open Source.