[nylug-talk] OSS Project

[Tom Limoncelli]

On 9/13/06, Paul Robbins <robbins.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have a good link to an article about beginning an OSS project?
> I work for a fairly large company and most of my day is geared towards
> making someone above me more money.  It is fun, but I really don't get the
> feeling I am contributing anything back to society.  I thought that perhaps
> starting an OSS project would be a good way to give something back.  I am
> really just looking for someone else's description on trying to start a new
> OSS project or something along those lines. Any direction is greatly
> appreciated.  Sorry for the vagueness.
>
> ~Paul

There are plenty of OSS projects looking for people to help out.  Just
pick something that you use, but is missing a feature (or is too slow,
or has a bug, etc.) grab the source and fix the problem.  Another way
to get involved is to update the documentation.  That's a good, safe,
way to start.  Then once you have the ability to check in new files,
you can get involved with code-oriented changes.

Tom Limoncelli
Google NYC