Presented at Open Source 101 2022 Presented by Justin Dorfman, Sourcegraph Abstract: Contributing to an open source project for the first time can be scary. The point of this keynote is to show beginners that there is nothing to fear and other ways to contribute if code isn't your thing. The open source community doesn't need more developers, it needs more non-code contributors. This keynote will give 3 easy ways they can start contributing as soon as the talk is over.

1. Calling all non-code
contributors!
Justin Dorfman · Open Source 101 3/29/2022

2. [Some] Faces of Open Source Contributors
Photos by Peter Adams

3. VM (Vicky)
Brasseur

4. 1. Design
2. Fundraising
3. Documentation

5. Design
Design
Faces of Open Source
by Peter Adams
Ashley
McNamara

6. An open source projects logo
is important because it
communicates ownership,
quality, and values.
— Adapted from Emily Krause’s Design Powers® article “Why A Good Logo Is Important”

11. “Zsh has been around [for 32 years]
and is widely used — it's great
finally to have something to announce
ourselves to the world visually.
This way we're more than just a word.”
Peter Stephenson
Creator of Zsh

13. Fundraising

14. Faces of Open Source
by Peter Adams
HENRY ZHU

15. ● Program framework started in 2019 at Indeed
● Helps financially support FOSS projects
● More than $500,000 distributed (by December 2022)
● They will help you starts yours!
FOSS Contributor Fund

16. Documentation
and beyond…
Documentation
and beyond…

17. ERIC
HOLSCHER
Write the Docs

18. “Find projects that you’re using,
and contribute to them”
Eric Holscher

23. Thank you!
Email: justin.dorfman@sourcegraph.com
Twitter/DM: @jdorfman
Slides: https://srcgr.ph/os101-slides
Credits: Guist (Design), Peter Adams (Photos),
Unsplash (stock photos), pws (Zsh quote),
Emily Krause (logo quote), Vanesa Ortiz (feedback)