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Better Together: Lessons in Open Source Community from Mozilla The audio portion of this presentation is available at: http://www.wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-93-%E2%80%93-interview-with-paul-kimTRANSCRIPT
Better Together:Lessons in Open Source Community from Mozilla
Paul KimAutomattic
WordCamp New YorkNovember 14, 2009
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Over 300 million people use Firefox as their browser
Firefox market share as of 04/2009
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Mozilla’s Mission:
To promote choice and
innovation on the Internet
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Mozilla
a global, open source project
a mission-oriented organization
a public benefit company and subsidiaries
250 employees
40% of code comes from non-employees
20,000+ testing volunteers
over 300 million users
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2004
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New York Times Campaign10,000 donors, $250,000 raised
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Push (most) decision-making to the edges
Insight #1
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1. high agreement on core values2. decision-making rests with module owners3. groups will develop distinct ways of working4. many decision-makers outside the “official” org5. communication is central
Open source principles
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Anyone can comment on a proposal for a change
Chaos
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Anyone can submit a change to the code
Chaos
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OrderNot everyone can approve a change
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OrderStrong leadership structure
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OrderStrong leadership structure
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Identify and elevate smart contributors
Order
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Create small teams, led by strongcontributors, and give them responsibility
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Chaordic systemThe strongest open systems are chaords
1. distributed decision-making2. nodal authority3. ways to route around
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Communication will happen in every way possible(so make sure it’s reusable)
Insight #2
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Wikis
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Blogs
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Primary work channels: Bugzilla, IRC & newsgroups
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Increasing use of video and audio
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Lots of real life meetups
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Surprise is overrated
Insight #3
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Surprise is the opposite of engagement
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Increase the inner circle of participation ...26
... and strive to make everyone feel included
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Make it easy for your community to do the important things
Insight #4
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Not just for programmers - everyone can help!
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Increasingly, the focus is on making it easier for anyone to participate
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2009
“It’s too late to be a pessimist.” - Yann Arthus Bertrand
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Thanks
[email protected]@pkim
All content CC-Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Ideas and materials borrowed with gratitude from:John Lilly, Mike Beltzner and the Mozilla community
Image credits:“Internet map” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Internet_map_1024.jpgAll other images from the Mozilla community
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