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Traditionally, the "user" role in open source ecosystems is ignored, or relegated to the status of "leech" or otherwise undesirable, non-contributor, outsider, other. The user is marginalized in open source development discussions. The value of the user is not well understood, and difficult to quantify.
This talk examines the role of the user in open source ecosystems and takes a closer look at how the user contributes to the health and growth of the ecosystem. It suggests that the user is in fact an integral component of open source ecosystems, and that its contribution, while passive, is key to long term success.
In the presentation, the evolving role of the user is examined, and an attempt is made to describe the means of quantifying the value of user participation to the ecosystem. The target audience of this presentation is open source community organizers, ecosystem participants, and open source proponents in general, especially those with entrepreneurial inclinations.
KDE has evolved from one small team nearly 15 years ago to dozens of small to medium sized teams with well over a thousand people working in concert on over 5 million lines of code. This presentation looks at the processes and practices that go into keeping both the larger KDE community vibrant as well as individual teams, such as the Plasma project, moving. From legal (e.g. copyright attribution) concerns to logistics (e.g. release scheduling) to community health (e.g. events, developer sprints, codes of conduct) and of course technical excellence (e.g. peer review and design): how does a F/OSS behemoth remain agile and connected?
This is our inaugural event in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. This 1 day event will present talks will present talks in the areas of application development, geospatial technologies, and database technology. More details will be announced soon.
