open source for fun and profit

338 | Thu 31 Jul 5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m.

Presented by

  • Milo Oien-Rochat

    Milo Oien-Rochat
    https://github.com/nikolarobottesla/

    Milo is fighting for open source and sustainability from inside the machine. He has open sourced two 3M projects: gitpyup and plotme. 3M open source code can be found at https://github.com/3mcloud He contributes back to the projects he uses. For example he added a missing feature in ezdxf and fixed a bug in pyaedt. He is planting seeds within 3M to support open source financially. At home, Milo is a Linux and self-hosting enthusiast. He runs NixOS and shares his flake with desktop and server configurations on GitHub under an MIT licence. Away from screens, Milo cooks creatively, sings in a choir and walks in the woods. Social media is real bad so Milo can be found on GitHub where he donates to Bazzite, KDE and GrapheneOS.

Abstract

Learn how to convince your employer to open source internal projects and how to effectively contribute to open source projects while at work. I will share examples of open sourced projects and contributions to existing projects from my work at 3M Company. This talk will cover exciting topics such as. * Employee contracts * Find/set up an open source watering hole * Do your homework/arrive with a plan * Your attorney is a person too * Pro/con lists * The odds are in your favor * Get good at Git * Remove sensitive data (like email addresses) from git repos * Make friends in IT * Set a trend make a friend