Open Source Citizenship

Explore corporate open source engagement and community support strategies in this conference talk from linux.conf.au 2020. Learn about companies' efforts to support open source communities, the actual needs of these communities, building a culture of open source citizenship within organizations, and facilitating corporate support for open source projects. Gain insights into industry and community leadership perspectives, understanding how healthy communities lead to increased productivity, innovation, stability, and improved security. Discover practical approaches to fostering mutually beneficial relationships between companies and open source communities, including upstream contributions, volunteer resources, funding conference travel, open source-friendly contracts, job opportunities for maintainers, encouraging academic involvement, and adhering to community norms.

Intro
Open Source Citizenship
Roads and Bridges
upstream contributions
volunteer design, UI/UX, product management, technical writing, data science, and marketing/PR
contribute beyond what you need
testing and QA resources
'fund conference travel for contributors
open source friendly contracts for employees who contribute to open source
jobs for maintainers and contributors when heavily relying on their work
encourage universities to give students credit for contributing to FLOSS
abide by community norms
be prepared to onboard, new contributors