Equity and inclusion as a way of developing diverse, resilient, and more relevant OSS
summary
Community survey plus project-metrics analysis and mentor friction logs reveal concrete gaps: 87% men in Apache contributors, only 3% women in wider open source, most contributors have 3–5 years tenure, 40% report friction, and 7.05% lack English confidence. Practical fixes tested include a Chinese user mailing list and localized docs—Chinese localization increased docs traffic and sped PR resolution—and a toolkit plan backed by measurable funnel and churn metrics.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:28Common challenges in OSS
- 2:55Defining equity inclusion diversity
- 3:57Diversity in tech and OSS
- 6:05ASF diversity inclusion goals
- 8:12ASF community survey details
- 10:39Survey demographic insights
- 17:21Flink community efforts
- 21:38Summary and key takeaways
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