Open source
The open-source field guide
Build a broad understanding of open-source work, from using a repository to participating in a project.
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Open source
When communities stand their ground
Explore the stories, disagreements, and community decisions that have shaped open-source projects.
A PLACE TO BEGIN
Make the idea your own.
Explore the stories, disagreements, and community decisions that have shaped open-source projects. Open the full lesson to explore the examples and work through the material at your pace.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE
- Understand why project governance matters
- Explore community responses to change
- Connect software freedom to real decisions
INSIDE THE ORIGINAL LESSON
A few things you’ll find.
- 01Why You Should Return to Real Computers
- 02When Corporations Tried to Kill Open Source
- 03More Battles & Victories
- 04See the Pattern?
- 05This Is Where We Need People Like You!