{"id":815,"date":"2014-12-23T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=815"},"modified":"2014-12-23T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:53:14","slug":"contributing-to-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/23\/contributing-to-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributing to Open Source"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Searching “contributing to open source” throws \u00a0About 30,100,000 results<\/span>\u00a0(0.56 seconds)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now the real question is being an Open Source evangelist, what\/how should one proceed when talking about same?<\/p>\n

I am still from Old school & believe contribution to Open Source comes from inside hence:<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Telling someone to use Open Source because its virus free is absolute BS<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. Telling someone to use Open Source because closed source software is bad, is another BS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

3. Telling someone contribute & get a\u00a0chance to visit across world is another BS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These things are secondary & if someone gets motivated only after knowing these then its not contribution but need fulfillment.<\/p>\n

Open Source is all about choice not a circus where you feed elephant & they will dance.<\/p>\n

If you want to \u00a0be an Open Source Evangelist in the purest form, please go read these 3 books before grabbing a mic<\/span>\u00a0or getting to speak at any conference.<\/p>\n

1. Art of Community\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The critically acclaimed\u00a0The Art of Community<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Jono Bacon<\/a>\u00a0and published by O\u2019Reilly brings together over a decade of experience in growing, empowering, and leading communities to success.<\/h4>\n

2. Open Advice<\/a><\/p>\n

Open Advice<\/span> is a knowledge collection from a wide variety of Free Software projects. It answers the question what 42 prominent contributors would have liked to know when they started so you can get a head-start no matter how and where you contribute.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0i<\/span> want 2 do project<\/span>. tell<\/span> me wat<\/span> 2 do.<\/a><\/p>\n

This book has been written to help students and professionals as well to work on free and open source software (F\/OSS) projects. These software projects are released under a freely distributable license, which allow you to use, copy, make changes, and distribute the software.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from this it will be great to read Eric S Raymond<\/strong> books if you want to contribute to Open Source:<\/p>\n

How to become a hacker<\/a><\/p>\n

How to ask questions the smart way<\/a><\/p>\n

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Searching “contributing to open source” throws \u00a0About 30,100,000 results\u00a0(0.56 seconds)\u00a0 Now the real question is being an Open Source evangelist, what\/how should one proceed when talking about same? I am still from Old school & believe contribution to Open Source comes from inside hence: 1. Telling someone to use Open Source because its virus free … <\/p>\n

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