JamesMSnellIBMTechnicalLeadforNode.jsNode.jsCoreContributor andTSCMemberTwitter:@jasnellGitHub:@jasnellEmail:jasnell@gmail.com /jasnell@us.ibm.com

OpenSource&OpenGovernance

"IBMfirmlybelievesthatopensourceisthefoundationofinnovativeapplicationdevelopmentinthecloud."

– AngelDiaz,IBMVicePresident,CloudTechnology&Architecture

62k(roughly)

developersatIBMtrainedtoparticipateinopen

source

2k(roughly)

areactively contributingtoopensourceaspartof

theirfulltimejob

WhyarewesopassionateaboutOpenSourceandOpenGovernance?

HowdoFoundationsfacilitatesuccessfulOpenSourceprojects?

147,308,788Asofaround4pmonFebruary10th,http://npmjs.org wasreporting

downloadsofopensourceJavaScriptmodulesinthelastday.

149,508,965Asof6:30pmthesameday,thenumberhadgrownto

24,446downloads perminute

That'sroughly

3,469,452,563downloads

Overthecourseofonemonth,therewere

DevelopersusealotofOpenSourcecode.

OpenSourcedominateseveryaspectofmodernDevOps workflowsandtooling

✔ OperatingSystems✔ Compilers✔ Programming Languages✔ SourceCodeRepositories✔ Documentation✔ IssueTracking✔Monitoring✔ Analytics✔ Alerting✔ Security✔ Infrastructure✔ Hosting✔ DataStorage✔ Design

✔ ProcessManagement✔ Benchmarking✔ Configuration✔ Virtualization✔ Containerization✔ Building✔ Testing✔ Logging✔ Reporting✔ Auditing✔ Discovery✔ Provenance✔ Licensing✔ TeamManagement

OpenSourceishowmodernsoftwareengineeringhappens.

OpenSourceisalsohowmodernsoftwareengineers:

• buildandmaintaintheirskills• buildtheirpersonalnetworksandreputations• explorenewopportunitiesandpossibilities• drivenewinnovationsinto theirorganizations

HowcancompaniessafelyencouragetheirdeveloperstoparticipateinOpenSourcecommunities?

ThisiswheretheFoundationscomeintoplay.

OpenSourceFoundationsprovideaneutralsafehomethatprotectsthecommunityinvestmentinanOpenSourceproject.

Foundationsprovidealevelplayingfieldthatallowsandempowersanyonewhowantstocontributetodoso.

A

B C

D

ManyOpenSourceprojectsarestartedbysinglecompanies.

WhiletheymaypublishthecodeoutonGitHub,theprojectisstillviewedandmanagedlikeaproductofthatcompany.

Userslearntorelyonthesupportprovidedbythatonecompanyandarerarelyempoweredtomakecontributionsoftheirown.

B C

D

Butwhathappensifthatcompanygoesaway?

Orchangesit'spriorityandshiftsresourcesawayfromtheproject?

?

Whathappenswhenthatsinglecompanymoveson?

Foundation

A

B C

D

WorkingwithinaFoundationunderanOpenGovernancemodelensuresthatcommunityanduserinvestmentinacoreecosystemisprotected.

Companiescollaboratearoundacommon,commoditizedcoretoestablishastableandhealthycompetitiveecosystem.

Foundation

B C

D

Ifanysingleparticipantdropsout,orshiftsfocus,theecosystemcontinuestothrive.

UnderanOpenGovernancemodel:

Anyonewhowantstocontributetotheprojectcandoso.

Anyonewhowantstobenefitfromtheprojectcandoso.

Thereisnosinglepointofcontrolorfailure.

Resources:

http://nodejs.org/foundationhttp://openstack.org/foundationhttp://cloudfoundry.org/foundationhttps://www.opencontainers.org/governancehttp://apache.orghttps://www.hyperledger.org/community

Thankyou.