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Here are a few strategies to make the most of participating in the month-long celebration of open source software. Learn how you can get involved: . There's always a lot to get excited about in October: sweater weather, pumpkin spice, Halloween costumes, and for the last three years, Hacktoberfest . Hacktoberfest is a "month-long celebration of open source software." It's organized by DigitalOcean and DEV and open to anyone. In my experience, Hacktoberfest is an easy way for users of open source to become contributors to open source. It's also celebratory and community-oriented and always includes some beautifully done artwork, which is later turned into stickers. To participate, just register for the event and submit four qualifying pull requests to public GitHub repositories between now and October 31; the first 50,000 people who do both of those things will receive a free t-shirt. The link for this article located at Opensource.com is no longer available. . Autumn whispers delight: warm blankets, apple cider, and Code for Good—a season to celebrate collaborative coding efforts!. Hacktoberfest, Open Source Contributions, Community Event, Software Participation. . Brittany Day

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Understanding Kernel Developer Economics And Commitment In Open Source

As you may have noticed, posting to this blog was light last week, as in non-existent (OK, so you didn't notice.) This was because I was engaged in some serious geeking-out at the LCA2010 conference. One of the talks that I saw came from Jon Corbet, who gave a run-down on recent changes to the Linux kernel. A statistic that he mentioned along the way has garnered much comment: the fact that "75% of the code comes from people paid to do it.. In my view, this 75% figure indicates two things. First, that *most* of the top kernel hackers are being paid to code. That's really great news, because it means that people can earn money doing what they love, and aren't obliged to starve in garrets. Secondly, it means that very large computer companies regard the kernel as so important that they are prepared to pay these people good salaries to work on it. The reason why this doesn't mean that hackers have sold out was put well by Eric Raymond in a piece called . Leading kernel developers receive compensation yet stay true to their principles; the Linux kernel continues to be essential for large enterprises.. Kernel Development, Open Source Contribution, Developer Economics. . Anthony Pell

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