Open Source Your Repository A Roadmap Mike Jang FOSSY 2025

This is open source done right. Open sourcing existing software is more than just "pushing a button," It involves serious preparation, including: - Choosing reasons to go open source - Auditing security - Scrubbing PII - Lawyers and the license - Deciding what to do about commits - Setting ground rules for contributors - Sharing with your community - Follow-up hackathons When people look at open source software, they first look at documentation. When open source developers find a promising project, they expect to get involved. One part of the process is with open source software. Attendees will come out of this session with: - Access to a template repository - A checklist to follow, which addresses legal, security, and community requirements - An understanding of the work required to move to open source - Tips for hackathons, based on real-world experience with open source newbies Internally, we overcame barriers before we could "push the button." Externally, we helped open source newbies make substantive contributions, well beyond the "typo fix."