TEQnation 2018 Keynote: Hang On for the Ride

# Empowering your contributors is the secret to open source success

This talk will discuss why contributor empowerment is important to creating self-sustaining, highly motivated open source projects. It will briefly examine examples of projects out the wild, discussing their strengths and weaknesses. The session will also discuss the challenge of balancing corporate & business needs with the desires & motivations of an open source community, and propose how a model that puts contribution first can be of greatest benefit to all involved in a project.

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1. Richard Brown openSUSE Chairman rbrown@opensuse.org Hang On For The Ride Empowering Your Contributors is the Secret
14. “Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’ personal itch”
18. “Those who do, decide”
19. “Those who do, decide”
22. Join Us at www.opensuse.org
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