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FOSS YOU
Tripad Mishra
Mozillian/FSA
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The ideology behind FOSS
Free & Open-Source Software
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Freedomto
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COPY & DISTRIBUTE
use software for any purpose without any restrictions
Image Credit: Grant Hutchinson
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/5182284199
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StudyHow the software works
Image Credit: Ines Seidel
Source: www.flickr.com/photos/40377684@N02/4935294793/
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Change & Improve
Fix, Improve, adapt, remix … as you want!
Image Credit: Phillipa W.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hippie/2596768995/
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Why everyone loves
FOSS
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THE OBVIOUS LIST
• Lower Cost
• No “Lock-in”
• Easy to adapt & modify
• Privacy, Security & TrustAnd many more reasons
BUT…
THE BIGGEST REASON IS
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COMMUNITY
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SOME NUMBERS
“The Mozilla Community consists of over
40,000 active contributors from across the
globe”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla
GitHub.com: “Each weekday there are over
20,000 issues, 50,000 comments, and
250,000 pushes on repositories maintained
by contributors all over the world.”
http://octoverse.github.com
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But why should it matter to
me ?
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PRACTICAL LEARNINGPlay, break, fix, fork, patch and learn with
the code
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/2239001689/
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RECOGNITIONYour code is your resume.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstevenson83/4277378468/
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BEYOND CODEMany other areas like localization, support,
etc. that you contribute in.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelfrenzy/5577459764
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NETWORKINGMeeting some of smartest people in the
world
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FROM IDEA TO GREATNESS
Your “simple” idea can be transformed into
an AWESOME product
Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/338064
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About Mozilla
• Non-profit
• Promotes innovation,
participation & openness
• Open Web and transparency
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• Mozilla believes that web is a public
resource for Innovation and Opportunity
where we can build our dreams
• Mozilla also believes that web is an asset
of the people and want the power of web
to be in peoples hand
• Mozilla is fighting to have an Open Web
• Mozilla Believes in Transparent
community-based processes promote
participation, accountability and trust.
• Read the full Mozilla Manifesto
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VIDEO
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CONTRIBUTE TO
MOZILLA
Mozilla.org/contribute
WhatCanIDoForMozilla.org
MozillaIndia.org
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Thank You