July 20, 2015
by
Brandon Keepers
(GitHub)
Update: We will not be continuing work on the open code of conduct. See our followup post for more information.
We believe open source communities should be a welcoming place for all participants. Through our experiences within the TODO Group, we strongly believe that a code of conduct helps set the ground rules for participation in communities and helps build a culture of respect. By adopting and honoring a code of conduct, communities can communicate their values, set expectations and outline a process for dealing with unwelcome behavior when it arises.
July 15, 2015
by
Benjamin VanEvery
(Box)
This time around we feature Benjamin VanEvery (@bvanevery) from Box on how a company new to open source gets started developing an Open Source Office. The goal of this post is to shed some light on starting up an Open Source Office by sharing experiences at Box.
Several past blog articles have focused on why each of our companies got involved in open source. Each has been enlightening to read through and get a glimpse of what open source means to the individual companies how it impacts their cultures.
We had an opportunity to speak at OSCON 2016, the slides are provided below:
Thank you to everyone who attended our session and asked questions! If you’re interested in joining the TODO Group, please reach out over Twitter!
See a follow up blog from Ben VanEvery about his experience starting the Open Source Office at Box.
April 2, 2015
by
Gianugo Rabellino
(Microsoft)
This is the next in our series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This week, we feature Gianugo Rabellino (@gianugo), Sr. Director, Open Source Communities at Microsoft Open Technologies.
Five years ago I was flying back from my interview at Microsoft and jotting down a pros and cons list. I ended up focusing on one item. It was on both columns and it was staring at me.
March 24, 2015
by
Chris Aniszczyk
(CNCF)
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This week, we feature Chris Aniszczyk (@cra), who’s in charge of open source at Twitter.
Since Twitter’s early days, open source has been a pervasive part of our engineering culture. Every Tweet you send and receive touches a plethora of open source software on its journey from our Linux-based infrastructure to your device.
March 17, 2015
by
Brandon Keepers
(GitHub)
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This week, we feature Brandon Keepers (@bkeepers), who is heading up the open source efforts at GitHub.
From the very beginning, GitHub has been about open source. Scratching the itch of better code collaboration turned into a company built on and for open source; from the philosophies that founded the company, to the servers running the infrastructure, to the languages and libraries we use to build applications, to the millions of public repositories hosted on them.
March 10, 2015
by
Benjamin VanEvery
(Box)
This is the third in a series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This week, we feature Benjamin VanEvery (@bvanevery) and Nicholas Zakas (@slicknet), who oversee the open source activities at Box.
We see running our open source program as being a logical extension to the type of work Boxers do every day. Like many tech companies, our technology stack includes open source projects.
March 3, 2015
by
Gil Yehuda
(Verizon Media)
This is the second in a series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This week, we feature Gil Yehuda (@gyehuda), who’s in charge of open source at Yahoo!.
Since my company does not sell software, the choice to open source code is rather simple. Consider the alternative: keeping code a proprietary secret. Keeping secrets is expensive. Proprietary code needs to be maintained as other code dependencies often create the need to tweak things.
February 24, 2015
by
Dion Almaer
(Walmart Labs)
Over the coming weeks, we are publishing a series of blog posts from TODO Group members, explaining why each company has decided to run programs to publish, use, and improve open source software - and the benefits that result. First up, Dion Almaer (@dalmaer) with Walmart Labs’ perspective.
Why would a company spend resources on an open source program, and why is it really needed? These are great questions, and my point of view has probably changed in some ways over time.
November 7, 2014
by
Nicholas C. Zakas
(Box)
A little over a month ago we announced the formation of the TODO Group, a group of companies coming together to collaborate on practices, tools, and other ways to run successful and effective open source projects and programs. The response we received was overwhelmingly positive, and we’ve been working hard since that time to clarify our goals and objectives as well as determine a path forward that includes as many companies as possible.
