Sander W G van der Waal from OSS Watch discussing community engagement between UK University/Higher Education users and open source projects

1. Community Engagement Sander van der Waal Development Officer - OSS Watch http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk [email_address]

3. Engagement with Hadoop

4. Community

5. Shameless plug

6. About OSS Watch http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk

10. Applying it to a specific use case

11. Customising locally

13. Contribute your solution

14. Customisation / new functionality

15. "The real value of open source software is that it allows communities to work together and solve problems" - Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Head of IBM's e-business on demand initiative http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail495.html Community

18. Some contributors become maintainers

19. Users = sustainability

21. no contributors means no developers

22. no developers means no development

24. No business justification means no development

25. No users means no project

26. Engaging with the community Evangelism Requirements Support Bugs Use Documentation Design Code Contribute Strategy Legal Oversight Manage

29. Decision making

30. Problem solving

31. Support

33. Don't forget why a decision was made

34. Prior art record

36. Customisation

37. Course development

40. Legal

42. What may be done

45. “ we tried to upgrade but....”

47. Allowing local installations to diverge from new developments can be dangerous

48. Local customisations should be contributed back

49. It's cheaper for you and helps secure the future of the project

51. Makes physical meetings easier

57. 24/25 June 2010 - Keble College, Oxford

58. Open innovation / Case studies / Business and Community

59. Improve collaboration between academia and business http://www.transfersummit.com

61. Interactive informal discussions and meetups

62. Find out about each other's OSS projects

63. BarCamp >> active participation encouraged

65. [email_address]