Panel Discussion: Open Source as a Second Language
summary
Open source and inner source present concrete practices: innerSource Commons on GitHub publishes reusable docs and onboarding templates, OSPOs act as OSPOs as mentorship vehicles inside companies, and communities use GitHub, Slack/Discord, Zoom and live captioning to lower barriers. Async discussion and an announcement checklist reduce channel fragmentation; virtual events drove a clear spike in global attendance during COVID, and small rituals (a shared bake‑along) proved effective at building trust.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 0:34How Do You Learn the Language of Open Source
- 20:01Communication Styles
- 20:17Communications Matrix
- 23:12Accessibility Issues
- 28:31The Power of Mentorship
- 30:55Example of Lowering the Barrier to Entry Virtual Events
- 39:40What Do You Find Is the Key Difference in Communicating with Women Developers versus Men Developers Specifically from Different Cultures
- 43:19What Are Your Thoughts of Communities Having Sort Of like a Terminology Doc To Explain Acronyms in Open Source Terms
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