This document discusses how open source software foundations provide structure and support for open source projects. It notes that foundations establish rules for incubating projects, mentoring contributors, maintaining infrastructure, reporting on progress, and defining membership. Foundations are also concerned with legal guidance and ensuring the long-term sustainability of projects over their entire lifecycle.

1. How
I
Learned
to
Stop
Worrying
…And
Love
Open
Source
So9ware
Founda;ons

2. JOE
BROCKMEIER
OPEN
SOURCE
CLOUD
COMPUTING
EVANGELIST
@
CITRIX
APACHE
CLOUDSTACK
COMMITTER
&
RECOVERING
TECH
JOURNALIST
TWITTER:
@JZB
EMAIL:
JZB@ZONKER.NET

6. Photo
credit:
Francisco
Javier
Argel
via
Flickr
(CC
BY
2.0)

8. Photo
credit:
istolethetv
on
Flickr
(CC
BY
2.0)

9. THERE
ARE
RULES

10. INCUBATION

11. MENTORING

13. INFRASTRUCTURE

14. REPORTING

15. MEMBERSHIP

17. LEGAL
RULES
&
GUIDANCE

18. IF
IT
DIDN’T
HAPPEN
ON
THE
MAILING
LIST,
IT
DIDN’T
HAPPEN.

19. CONCERNED
ABOUT
THE
WHOLE
LIFECYCLE
OF
A
PROJECT

22. BARGAINING

26. ALL
DONE:
JOE
BROCKMEIER
TWITTER:
@JZB
UNTAPPD:
JZB
EMAIL:
JZB@ZONKER.NET