Speech given at OSCON 2014, an essay of what SourceForge does to help open source projects to grow.

1. How
SourceForge
Helps
Projects
to
Grow
July
23,
2014
-­‐
OSCON
Roberto
Galoppini
@galoppini

2. Trusted
for
Open
Source
Since
1999
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Open
Source
Catalog
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Network
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Open
Source
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3. Trusted
for
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Source
Since
1999
Largest
Open
Source
Catalog
MoneKzaKon
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Network
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Source
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4. Apache
Allura
Graduated!
Fully
Open
Source
PlaNorm

5. Trusted
for
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Source
Since
1999
Largest
Open
Source
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MoneKzaKon
OpportuniKes
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Network
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Source
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6. SourceForge
Home
Page
Fully
Open
Source
PlaNorm
We
promote
2
projects
monthly
We
feature
the
10
most
ac6ve
projects
weekly

7. MarkeKng
Tools:
Editorial
+
Add-­‐ons
SourceForge
provides
Editorial
Content
and
allows
Videos
uploading

8. MarkeKng
Tools:
Monthly
NewsleVer
Fully
Open
Source
PlaNorm
SourceForge
NewsleCer
reaches
out
to
1.3
Million
subscribers
and
promotes
projects
as
well
as
helps
them
to
find
devs

9. Directories
Fully
Open
Source
PlaNorm
The
Carousel
promotes
open
source
projects
This
directory
contains
only
enterprise
open
source
projects

10. Directories:
Projects’
Resources
Projects
can
provide
info
about
who
provides
support,
training
and
about
add-­‐ons,
books
and
upcoming
events

11. Solving
Projects
Needs
For
large
projects
we
build
specific
tools
to
help
them
to
distribute
their
artefacts
in
the
best
possible
way

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13. DevShare
Beta
Launch:
1
July
2013
DevShare
is
a
partnership
program
offered
to
SourceForge
developers
that
turns
project
downloads
into
a
source
of
recurring
monthly
revenue
by
presen6ng
other
relevant
offers
for
user
considera6on
during
the
installa6on
process.
DevShare
is
one
of
the
ways
we
help
projects
get
funded
while
allowing
SourceForge
to
con6nue
to
offer
free
hos6ng,
distribu6on,
support,
and
new
site
features.

14. What’s
New
for
End-­‐Users
&
Developers
Choose
your
favourite
version
The
DevShare
Program
now
allows
end-­‐users
to
choose
what
they
want.
!
Developers
can
easily
join
the
program
and
make
sure
only
offers
they
like
are
presented
to
their
end-­‐users.

15. Advising
Startups
Roberto
has
helped
Bitergia
a
lot.
On
the
one
hand,
he
has
advised
us
about
how
to
focus
on
a
business
model
based
on
free,
open
source
so;ware,
keeping
an
eye
on
the
crea>on
of
value
for
customers,
which
has
proven
fundamental.
On
the
other,
he
has
helped
a
lot
in
the
crea>on
of
business
rela>onships
for
the
company,
and
in
the
design
of
the
strategy
for
ge?ng
known
in
the
community
that
we
address.
!
(Jesus
M.
Gonzalez
Barahona,
Bitergia
CEO)

16. Trusted
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Source
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17. SourceForge
Global
Mirror
Network
Melbourne,
Australia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Seoul, South Korea
Cumming, GA, USA
Moscow, Russia
Hamburg & Cologne,
Germany
Santa Monica,
CA
Turin, Italy
Ancona, Italy
Paris, France
Ireland
Tampa, FL, USA
Prague, Czech Republic
Atlanta, GA, USA
Adelaide,
Australia
Montreal, Canada
Nomi, Japan
Bristol, UK
Netherlands
Taipei, Taiwan
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Maco, Portugal Bern & Zurich,
Switzerland
Dallas, CA, USA
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Sweden
Potwin, Kansas, USA
Wynberg, South
Africa
Canberra,Australi
a
Curitiba, Brazil
Perth,
Australia
150
Million
Downloads
per
month,
over
33
M
unique
visitors

18. Thank
You!
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