Future of FOSS United | Discussion
summary
A community roadmap: a public FOSS pledge asks organizations to openly acknowledge Foss use, encourage developer participation and publish commitments (no funding required); a learning push funds course creation with a Mon School grant of ₹100,000 for creators; a field program FOSS for NGOs reports 3 clear successes and 12 failures because software alone fails without local capacity; plans include monthly thematic meetups, a hybrid hackathon in February and policy work to help open-source large government platforms like UPI.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00FOSS United's future vision
- 3:22Non-developers in open source
- 10:04Expanding FOSS beyond coding
- 15:59Introducing FOSS Pledge
- 27:19Community building experiences
- 35:05Vishal's contributions
- 46:03Gender diversity in FOSS
- 57:42Future events and projects
- 1:06:09Engaging colleges in FOSS
- 1:12:17Closing remarks
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