Presented at Forum Internacional Software Livre 2014, aka FISL 15, fisl.softwarelivre.org Presented in English with simultaneous translation into BR-PT Community 2.0: Beyond Using Software Livre Software Livre powers the most important systems we use today, most notably all those servers that connect us to the Internet and each other. Following from Brasil's early lead, governments worldwide are adopting policies that ensure they will create - or buy - software livre. Many of them have committed to publishing the code or data streams they produce under livre licenses. Tons of big businesses now use software livre, publish their own code and pay programmers to work on software livre projects. So, perhaps software livre has "won the war." If everyone is using it, there must not be much more work needed to improve the software livre world. Right? Maybe not. In this talk, Leslie Hawthorn will talk about the importance of not just using software livre, but contributing back to the software livre community in a variety of ways: translation and localization, writing software, hosting teaching sessions for people not using software livre, and more. Drawing on years of experience as a community manager at Elasticsearch, Red Hat and Google's Open Source Department, she will share real-world stories of how you can contribute to software livre at the local and international level. Having been to FISL before - and having interacted with many programmers in Brasil through the Summer of Code program - Leslie is always amazed by the passion in the Brasilian and South American software livre communities. She hopes this talk will inspire more people to share their wisdom and passion with the wider community of software livre users and developers.

1. Community
2.0
Beyond
Using
So4ware
Livre
Leslie
Hawthorn
Ÿ
FISL
15
Ÿ
@lhawthorn

2. About
Me…
Global
traveler
helping
people
contribute
to
the
wonderful
world
of
so4ware
livre

3. “So4ware
is
eaEng
the
world.”
Marc
Andreesen,
2011

4. Black
Duck
Future
of
Open
Source
Survey
2013

5. Team
Brasil
is
leading
the
world
in
so4ware
livre
(and
futbol!)

6. Then
why
do
so
few
people
know
about
so4ware
livre
acEvity
in
Brasil?

7. Only
30%
of
Brasilian
developers
share
their
work
in
publicly
available
repositories
Source:
Camara
&
Fonseca,
2007

8. Enjoy
drinking
from
the
so4ware
livre
cup?
Help
the
community
to
refill
it!

9. Businesses
contribuIng
to
soKware
livre
create
more
diverse
viewpoints
in
technical
culture
&
receive
other
economic
benefits

10. Individuals
contribuEng
to
so4ware
livre
gain
skills
that
help
them
on
their
path
into
the
future

11. Publish
your
so4ware
under
livre
licenses
•
Good
for
individuals
*and*
companies

12. I
want
to
help,
but
I
am
not
a
programmer!
There
are
many
ways
to
contribute
to
soKware
livre,
even
if
you
don’t
write
code.
(I
don’t
write
code.
J)

13. Be
a
proud
user
of
so4ware
livre,
and
tell
others
to
use
it,
too!

14. Teach
Others
to
Use
So4ware
Livre
Installfests,
study
groups
or
one
on
one
mentoring
are
all
great!

15. Brasil
has
many
volunteers
who
translate
docs
and
localize
soKware
livre
(L10N)
More
help
never
hurts!

16. Don’t
just
translate
docs,
write
them
too!

17. Write
test
suites
or
file
great
bug
reports

18. Aside:
How
to
Write
a
Good
Bug
Report

19. Perform
usability
tests
So4ware
livre
really
needs
help
from
user
experience
designers!

20. So4ware
livre
needs
arEsts,
too!

21. So4ware
livre
is
a
busy
bazaar
good
markeEng
helps
people
find
what
they
need

22. OK!
I
want
to
help!
there
are
many
resources
for
new
contributors
to
so4ware
livre

23. No
maaer
how
you
contribute
to
so4ware
livre,
always
remember

24. Perguntas?
@lhawthorn
leslie.hawthorn@elas4csearch.com

25. A
sample
of
further
resources
to
help
you
get
started
• h<p://openhatch.org
-­‐
small
and
meaningful
so@ware
livre
projects
for
new
contributors
• h<p://writethedocs.org
-­‐
organiza4on
helping
open
source
projects
make
their
documenta4on
be<er,
with
places
for
you
to
help
too!
• Find
a
cool
user
group
near
you
on
meetup.com
–
search
for
“so@ware
livre”
or
“open
source”
or
the
programming
language/technology
you
like
most
like
“Linux”
• Programs
like
Google
Summer
of
Code
or
the
Outreach
Program
for
Women
provide
par4cipants
with
mentors
• Many
open
source
projects
have
mentor
projects
(like
Python
Core
Mentorship
project)
or
pages
on
their
website
for
brand
new
contributors
• Ask
in
a
project’s
IRC
channel
if
there’s
a
way
you
can
help.
Even
be<er
if
you
have
a
couple
of
sugges4ons
for
where
you
would
get
started,
e.g.
I’d
like
to
keep
the
wiki
more
up
to
date.
• (Note:
ElasIcsearch
Inc.
is
my
employer)
If
you
care
about
search,
logging,
analy4cs
and
data
visualiza4on
(big
data),
you
can
join
the
Elas4csearch
BR-­‐PT
mailing
list:
h<ps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/elas4csearch-­‐pt

26. Photo
Credits
• Hands:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/revdave/400069880/
• Globe
puzzle:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/willow-­‐monk/2933749922/
• Goat
nomming
ribbon:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/913591946/
• Wow,
it’s
Pele’s
jersey!:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/wjarre<c/1129252478/
• Stairs
to
unknown:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmedrabea/246570462/
• Stats
le<ers:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/lendingmemo/11442225495/
• Livre
iced
tea:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-­‐light/5458104057/
• It
all
ma<ers:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/twodolla/3771345934/
• Sunset
and
highways:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/269752158/
• Invest
in
sharing:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmcintosh/3746142610/
• Programmers:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/4670835071/
• I
love
to
share:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/crea4vecommons/2294317199/
• Peer
mentors:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-­‐r-­‐brown/6972776345
• Transla4ng:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/11527081@N05/3046267775/
• Lego
knowledge
sharing
humans:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/erozkosz/6003136440/
• Test
boxes:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/246816211
• Bug
report
cat:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/thefangmonster/8216417533/
• Lego
alien
ar4st:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/5804637969/
• Usability
tes4ng:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4642289926/
• Market:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardmusiak/6816136325/
• Ducklings:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/33909700@N02/3158923837/
• Obrigado:
h<ps://www.flickr.com/photos/jvc/33918140/

27. Resources
Used
for
this
Presenta4on
• Informa4on
Policies
and
Open
Source
So@ware
in
Developing
Countries,
Camara
&
Fonseca
2007,
h<p://flosshub.org/system/files/
camara_fonseca_OSS_developing_countries.pdf
• Brazil
at
forefront
of
open
source
ini4a4ves
h<p://opensource.com/government/12/8/brazil-­‐forefront-­‐open-­‐
source-­‐ini4a4ves
• Wikipedia’s
list
of
government
Linux
adopters:
h<p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters
• Open
source,
open
world:
h<p://www.foreignaffairs.com/ar4cles/139922/yuri-­‐takhteyev/
open-­‐source-­‐open-­‐world
• Use
of
open
source
so@ware
by
the
Brazilian
government
h<p://4mreview.ca/ar4cle/250

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Bits
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used
in
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presenta4on
are
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their
respec4ve
owners
and
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used
under
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Commons
License
or
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considered
fair
use
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provided).
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