I wanna do Open Source, but I don't know how

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Shows concrete steps to start contributing to open source: create a GitHub/GitLab account, learn git and the fork‑clone‑commit‑push‑pull request workflow, then respond to maintainer feedback. Suggests noncode contributions (documentation, design, issue triage), recommends the Hacktoberfest “haikus” repo as a beginner example, and cites platform stats (≈73M developers, 61M new repos in 2021, ~170M pull events, rises in first‑time contributors and repos) plus license market share (Apache 2.0 and MIT dominate; GPL variants ≈20%).

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1. 0:00Welcome
2. 10:49Open Source intro
3. 12:11Open Source history
4. 19:13Why contribute
5. 21:19Licenses & ecosystem
6. 24:57How to start
7. 31:27Summary & resources
8. 33:54Q&A

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