Getting Started as an OSS Contributor/Maintainer | Peter Somogyvari

Peter will walk you through how to get started as an open-source software contributor. With nearly a decade of being a maintainer of many projects, you'll also get the tips to take this next step.

This talk was given at Codementor Event’s annual developer conference, and it covers:
Definitions, terminology, basic etiquette in open source
Becoming a contributor for open source projects
Becoming a maintainer for open source projects

Peter is a thought leader in the open-source community. A software architect with a BS. in computer science and a deep interest in AI research and fin-tech.

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0:00 Host intro
1:26 Speaker intro & agenda
2:23 InnerSource introduction
4:56 Definitions of Contributor and Maintainer
8:05 Etiquette of OSS
10:23 Tips of becoming a contributor
20:10 Tips of becoming a maintainer
37:13 Q&A

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