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=== Fedora Classroom - Beginner's guide to getting involved  - Paul Frields - Saturday, November 7, 2008 ===
=== Fedora Classroom - Beginner's guide to getting involved  - Paul Frields - Saturday, November 8, 2008 ===


==== IRC Log of the Class ====
==== IRC Log of the Class ====


<nowiki>Log goes here
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| colspan="2" | -!- nirik changed the topic of #fedora-classroom to: Fedora Classroom - Beginner's guide to getting involved with your teacher: stickster  - See [[Communicate/IRC/Classroom]] for more info
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|- id="t22:00"
| colspan="2" | * kdn *hearing the class bell ring**
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|- id="t22:00"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | kdn, LOL!!!!
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|- id="t22:00"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Hello everyone!
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | stickster, hello!!!
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | First, thanks to Jon Stanley, a hard man to follow
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | are logs going to be posted for every class?
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | Hi Stickster!
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | hi, stickster
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #8c4a4a" |  thomasj
| style="color: #8c4a4a" | hello stickster
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | Ineluctable: yes.
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #4d4d93" |  mattia
| style="color: #4d4d93" | hello stickster
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And thank you also to Kevin Fenzi for setting up the Fedora Classroom
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | nirik, where?
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | nirik:ty
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | fengshaun: linked from the classroom page: [[Communicate/IRC/Classroom]]
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | and to the other instructors who are donating their time this weekend to help us all learn a little more about Fedora
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | nirik, good, thanks
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|- id="t22:01"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | stickster: thanks. :) take it away.
|| [[#t22:01|22:01]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So for those who don't know me, I'm the Fedora Project Leader
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|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You probably know my predecessor Max Spevack
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I started at Red Hat in February 2008 as the FPL
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And I'm going to talk to you about how to get involved in Fedora.
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I want to encourage everyone to ask questions as we go
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Otherwise my typing hands are going to get very tired
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:02"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And you'll get very bored.
|| [[#t22:02|22:02]]
|- id="t22:03"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | The first question I want to talk about, which I'm sure a lot of people have, is "why?"
|| [[#t22:03|22:03]]
|- id="t22:03"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Why should I get involved in Fedora?
|| [[#t22:03|22:03]]
|- id="t22:04"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Well, let's step back to look at the bigger question, which is why to get involved in free software at all.
|| [[#t22:04|22:04]]
|- id="t22:04"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | How is it that free software is free anyway?
|| [[#t22:04|22:04]]
|- id="t22:04"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | the community
|| [[#t22:04|22:04]]
|- id="t22:04"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | True, some of the work that goes into free software is produced by companies -- like Red Hat, the company I work for.
|| [[#t22:04|22:04]]
|-
| colspan="3" | They are, for example, the single biggest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel, which runs every Linux box out there
|- id="t22:05"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Abd4llA: EXACTLY! Excellent answer
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|- id="t22:05"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Free software is free because ALL the work that goes into it is *donated*.
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|- id="t22:05"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And the *vast* majority of those donations don't come from companies at all
|| [[#t22:05|22:05]]
|- id="t22:05"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They come from people who just love to help each other build and learn new things.
|| [[#t22:05|22:05]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Free software, just like any software endeavor, is not just about code.
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | I like being able to fix stuff myself when needed.
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | It's also about all the things that bring it to as many people as possible.
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|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: Precisely!
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Isn't that a great pleasure of free software?
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | are most contributions non-monetary in nature?
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | brunowolff, +1
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:06"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You can do that because the code has been donated under a free license
|| [[#t22:06|22:06]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | If you can't void the warranty, if you can't open it, you don;t own it.
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Someone took the precise step of making that code free, so you would be able to look at it and fix what you need to,
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|-
| colspan="3" | to make it do what you want.
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | That makes it easier and republishable, but binaries can get fixed when needed to,
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | too,
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: I think it's hard to say, but that's my suspicion, yes
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Most contributions *are* non-monetary
|| [[#t22:07|22:07]]
|- id="t22:07"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They're more often -- I believe -- contributions of time, effort, and knowledge.
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|- id="t22:08"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | :)
|| [[#t22:08|22:08]]
|- id="t22:08"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You don't have to be well-heeled to do something good for your community or for people halfway around the world
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|- id="t22:08"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You just need to devote some time
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|- id="t22:08"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | +1
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|- id="t22:08"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Free software is used all over the world by people you may never meet, but whose life you're making better by your
|| [[#t22:08|22:08]]
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| colspan="3" | investment of time and energy
|- id="t22:09"
! style="background-color: #539e9e" |  ricky
| style="color: #539e9e" | I've been wondering - can the idea of open source apply to patents as well, and is there any common license that is used
|| [[#t22:09|22:09]]
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| colspan="3" | to make patented ideas "open" ?
|- id="t22:09"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Teseting and quality assurance, translation, documentation, marketing...
|| [[#t22:09|22:09]]
|- id="t22:09"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | *Testing
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|- id="t22:09"
! style="background-color: #539e9e" |  ricky
| style="color: #539e9e" | Patents as in the ideas themselves, as opposed to the expression of the ideas (the code)
|| [[#t22:09|22:09]]
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | ricky: there are things like OIN, if that's what you mean.
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | ricky: That's a good question, maybe outside the scope of getting involved, but generally patents can be granted in
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
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| colspan="3" | ways that open them up to the community
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | jds2001: +1
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | and let's not forget about the Firestar settlement.
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #539e9e" |  ricky
| style="color: #539e9e" | Ah, cool
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | OIN is the Open Invention Network:
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|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/
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|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So where was I?
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|- id="t22:10"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | OH yes
|| [[#t22:10|22:10]]
|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Testing and quality assurance, translation, documentation, marketing...
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | and many other efforts
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | All these things go into making software of any kind
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And with free software, these are efforts the community can join
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | (Of course, if you write code, that's great too!) ;-)
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | stickster, question!
|| [[#t22:11|22:11]]
|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | The more donations there are, the faster that free software improves.
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | fengshaun: Ask away!
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|- id="t22:11"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | how much coding knowledge should you have?
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | to contribute?
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #57a657" |  VileGent
| style="color: #57a657" | !
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You don't need *any* coding knowledge for many of the things that Fedora needs
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | as much or as little as you like.
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | down to none.
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | for the coding part, I mean!
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | oh
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | If you *can* code, there are additional ways you can contribute, but even complete non-coders can help
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | fengshaun: Let me give you an example
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | ME
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I am not a coder.
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I started out in 1997 as a Linux user
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|- id="t22:12"
! style="background-color: #57a657" |  VileGent
| style="color: #57a657" | fengshaun,  you can always help in #fedora as well
|| [[#t22:12|22:12]]
|- id="t22:13"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Linux helped me advance operations in my office, because the code was open and auditable
|| [[#t22:13|22:13]]
|- id="t22:13"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | VileGent, yes, I try to do that as much as I can!
|| [[#t22:13|22:13]]
|- id="t22:13"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | When I found out the Fedora Project existed, and Red Hat had started a community Linux distribution project,
|| [[#t22:13|22:13]]
|-
| colspan="3" | I jumped at the chance
|- id="t22:13"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I became a documentation writer, which was good for me because I was not an experienced software developer
|| [[#t22:13|22:13]]
|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | What attracted you to the Fedora Project vs. other distro. efforts?
|| [[#t22:14|22:14]]
|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | (besides a paid job at RedHat)
|| [[#t22:14|22:14]]
|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: The funny thing was, I got involved 5 years ago
|| [[#t22:14|22:14]]
|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #5959a9" |  nuonguy
| style="color: #5959a9" | can I give another reason to get involved?
|| [[#t22:14|22:14]]
|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: And I never wanted a job at Red Hat
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|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | the paid job is a very recent thing.
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|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | erinlea80: good question
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|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | ah okay.
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|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I did it because it was a way of giving back to a community that helped me build my career
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|- id="t22:14"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | A career that had nothing to do with free software itself
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|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So I dived in to help
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|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And eventually one thing led to another
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|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | working in Fedora Documentation became...
|| [[#t22:15|22:15]]
|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | working on the Fedora Docs Steering Committee...
|| [[#t22:15|22:15]]
|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | became...
|| [[#t22:15|22:15]]
|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | working as an inaugural member of the Fedora Board...
|| [[#t22:15|22:15]]
|- id="t22:15"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | became...
|| [[#t22:15|22:15]]
|- id="t22:16"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | getting a call from Max to see if I was interested in a job.
|| [[#t22:16|22:16]]
|- id="t22:16"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And honestly, I didn't *need* this job, but it was too fascinating to pass up!
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|- id="t22:16"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And now I get to spend all day (and many nights) ;-)  working with and talking to fine people like yourselves!
|| [[#t22:16|22:16]]
|- id="t22:17"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: There's another half to your question
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|- id="t22:17"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I got involved in Fedora because it was the first community distribution that had its roots in a long-standing commercial product
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|- id="t22:17"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I had used the commercial product for a long time so it was natural that I was interested in diving into building it
|| [[#t22:17|22:17]]
|- id="t22:17"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | That certainly makes sense. :)
|| [[#t22:17|22:17]]
|- id="t22:18"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Debian was *obviously* there earlier
|| [[#t22:18|22:18]]
|- id="t22:18"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | But others like OpenSuSE and Ubuntu came about because Fedora blazed the trail of a partnership between commerce and community
|| [[#t22:18|22:18]]
|- id="t22:19"
| colspan="2" | * stickster pauses now to see if there are other questions he hasn't answered
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:19"
| colspan="2" | * roguedaemon waves
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:19"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | OK then
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:19"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | moving on...
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:19"
| colspan="2" | * thomasj waves back
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:19"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Now I've done a little rah-rah cheerleading, it's time to talk nuts and bolts a little.
|| [[#t22:19|22:19]]
|- id="t22:20"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | The first thing you need to get involved is a Fedora account
|| [[#t22:20|22:20]]
|- id="t22:20"
! style="background-color: #adad5b" |  Bugz
| style="color: #adad5b" | I'm interested a little in how to contribute to documentation, an overview of how the process works
|| [[#t22:20|22:20]]
|- id="t22:20"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Bugz: Great question
|| [[#t22:20|22:20]]
|- id="t22:20"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Bugz: And I'll get there in just a few minutes
|| [[#t22:20|22:20]]
|- id="t22:21"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Docs, like all our other projects, requires a Fedora account
|| [[#t22:21|22:21]]
|- id="t22:21"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Where do you get one?
|| [[#t22:21|22:21]]
|- id="t22:21"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts
|| [[#t22:21|22:21]]
|- id="t22:21"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | This used to be a really difficult process but fortunately it's all a couple mouse clicks away now
|| [[#t22:21|22:21]]
|- id="t22:21"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | stickster: would a redhat account do ?
|| [[#t22:21|22:21]]
|- id="t22:22"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | We don't really treat @redhat.com substantially different from anyone else
|| [[#t22:22|22:22]]
|- id="t22:22"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You'd still want a Fedora account
|| [[#t22:22|22:22]]
|- id="t22:22"
! style="background-color: #539e9e" |  ricky
| style="color: #539e9e" | (they're two different systems)
|| [[#t22:22|22:22]]
|- id="t22:22"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | ricky: +1, exactly
|| [[#t22:22|22:22]]
|- id="t22:22"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | k
|| [[#t22:22|22:22]]
|- id="t22:23"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | What does a Fedora account get you?
|| [[#t22:23|22:23]]
|- id="t22:23"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | 1. A Fedora identity, which you can use for group access for more technical tasks, if that's where you want to get involved
|| [[#t22:23|22:23]]
|- id="t22:23"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | 2. A SSH account on fedorapeople.org, and 150 MB of shareable web space
|| [[#t22:23|22:23]]
|- id="t22:24"
| colspan="2" | * nirik also notes an openid you can use at sites that take openid too.
|| [[#t22:24|22:24]]
|- id="t22:24"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | 3. Other benefits like the possibility of an IRC cloak that makes you show up as (for example) "fedora/johnpublic" on IRC
|| [[#t22:24|22:24]]
|- id="t22:24"
! style="background-color: #8c4a4a" |  thomasj
| style="color: #8c4a4a" | fas.. ok
|| [[#t22:24|22:24]]
|- id="t22:24"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | do we still need a telephone to be able to register?
|| [[#t22:24|22:24]]
|- id="t22:24"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | 4. A Voice-over-IP account where you and fellow contributors can contact each other
|| [[#t22:24|22:24]]
|- id="t22:25"
! style="background-color: #5fb4b4" |  zless
| style="color: #5fb4b4" | stickster, oh? i thought you still need approval from 'spot' for that IRC cloak.
|| [[#t22:25|22:25]]
|- id="t22:25"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | zless: It's not automatic but there aren't any real entrance requirements; you just need to request one
|| [[#t22:25|22:25]]
|- id="t22:25"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | are there free voip accounts?
|| [[#t22:25|22:25]]
|- id="t22:25"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | Not so much approval as much as he has to request it.
|| [[#t22:25|22:25]]
|- id="t22:25"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | domg472: You need a contact number, whether it's your own or someone who can get a hold of you
|| [[#t22:25|22:25]]
|- id="t22:26"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | i don own a telephone :/
|| [[#t22:26|22:26]]
|- id="t22:26"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | someone you know surely does.
|| [[#t22:26|22:26]]
|- id="t22:26"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | Could you elaborate on IRC cloaking?
|| [[#t22:26|22:26]]
|- id="t22:26"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | thanks for the answer
|| [[#t22:26|22:26]]
|- id="t22:26"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | domg472: If you have family with a telephone, that would suffice I believe
|| [[#t22:26|22:26]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | This is a legal requirement since Fedora does have to adhere to US laws and regulations
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | 'twasn't clear to me how to make the request ..
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ineluctable: Yes, the VoIP account is free, but it does not allow outgoing calls
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So you can't use it for free long-distance, for example
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | It doesn't have PSTN connectivity.
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | But you can use it to receive calls and to contact other Fedora contributors who are signed onto the VoIP system.
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | ivazquez: Actually it does, but only incoming.
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | stickster: can I contact other fedora members?
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:27"
! style="background-color: #539e9e" |  ricky
| style="color: #539e9e" | kdn: [[FreenodeCloaks]]
|| [[#t22:27|22:27]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | Fair enough.
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | yes, you can call me at 5102788 for example.
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ineluctable: Yes, absolutely, if their phones are signed in.
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | That's neat. Is there a directory? Can people use it to call you?
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | tks, ricky
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:28"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Yes
|| [[#t22:28|22:28]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | All right, so that's enough about the benefits
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | But to keep our eyes on the prize:
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | It's not all about what you get
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | It's what you *give*
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Being a contributor is more than just being a proud user of free software
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Although I think that everyone here is probably the latter, too
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I know I am!
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:29"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | What are some ways to get involved in contributing to Fedora?
|| [[#t22:29|22:29]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I'm going to talk about some of the groups in Fedora and what they do
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | Filing bug reports
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: +1, yes, QA and bug triage
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | (which jds2001 spoke about so eloquently earlier)
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Anybody else have ideas?
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #62bb62" |  doddo
| style="color: #62bb62" | packaging
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | Maintaining packages
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | doddo: +1
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:30"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: OK, you've had your limelight! :-D
|| [[#t22:30|22:30]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | kidding!
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | anyone else?
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | In your intro you didn't mention artists.
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | i am just helping people out on irc
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #6464bf" |  Sid
| style="color: #6464bf" | there's way more, translation, documentation, infrastructure
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | What about translation?
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | distribution of media or anything else that brings members to the community?
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | documenting?
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | marketing and advocacy
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #c3c366" |  cga
| style="color: #c3c366" | hi all
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | What exactly is "Maintaining packages " ?
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Sid: +3
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ineluctable: +1
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | kdn: +1
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #8c4a4a" |  thomasj
| style="color: #8c4a4a" | hopefully, helper in #fedora as well
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:31"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: +1
|| [[#t22:31|22:31]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | thomasj: +1!
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | What about helping with website maintenance?
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Web design?
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | What about system administration and infrastructure tasks?
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | All of these things allow you to get involved.
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #c668c6" |  neverho0d
| style="color: #c668c6" | local community support
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:32"
! style="background-color: #6acaca" |  kanarip
| style="color: #6acaca" | Abd4llA, maybe i can answer that for you?
|| [[#t22:32|22:32]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #5fb4b4" |  zless
| style="color: #5fb4b4" | getting ISPs to stop using bastardized and/or EOL versions of Fedora?
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Abd4llA: kanarip: And I think ivazquez is doing a classroom session in ~30 minutes on that very subject
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #5fb4b4" |  zless
| style="color: #5fb4b4" | :)
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | how about host events that bring the community togther as well as non-members
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | install fests.
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ineluctable: Yes, Ambassadorial duties +1
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So let's talk a little about some of these groups.
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | First, translation
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|- id="t22:33"
! style="background-color: #6acaca" |  kanarip
| style="color: #6acaca" | Abd4llA, a package, as you know, gets updates to make sure bugs are fixed, security issues are closed,
|| [[#t22:33|22:33]]
|-
| colspan="3" | enhancements are incorporated
|- id="t22:34"
! style="background-color: #6acaca" |  kanarip
| style="color: #6acaca" | Abd4llA, somebody has to update those packages and make sure everything works on an installed system; that is
|| [[#t22:34|22:34]]
|-
| colspan="3" | practically what package maintainers do
|- id="t22:34"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | gr8
|| [[#t22:34|22:34]]
|- id="t22:35"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So...
|| [[#t22:35|22:35]]
|- id="t22:35"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | There are hundreds -- maybe *thousands* -- of people donating time to translate software and documentation
|| [[#t22:35|22:35]]
|- id="t22:35"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | We have a Translation (also called Localization or "L10n" for short) team
|| [[#t22:35|22:35]]
|- id="t22:35"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | that works on these issues
|| [[#t22:35|22:35]]
|- id="t22:35"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | and a dedicated site and project
|| [[#t22:35|22:35]]
|- id="t22:36"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
|| [[#t22:36|22:36]]
|- id="t22:36"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | There is also a wiki page devoted to the L10n team whre you can find information on joining
|| [[#t22:36|22:36]]
|- id="t22:36"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10n/Join
|| [[#t22:36|22:36]]
|- id="t22:36"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | All you need is a computer, some time and energy, and knowledge of US English and at least one other language
|| [[#t22:36|22:36]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | darn, I have to go out!
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Translators work on the software in Fedora that is specific to Fedora (like system-config-* tools)
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | sorry stickster, and see you everyone!
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | FergatROn: that's fine, the logs will be there :)
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | and documentation like the release notes and installation guide
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | our websites, and so on...
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:37"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | stickster, I hope you meant International English
|| [[#t22:37|22:37]]
|- id="t22:38"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | To make Fedora accessible to people all around the world
|| [[#t22:38|22:38]]
|- id="t22:38"
! style="background-color: #407a40" |  fengshaun
| style="color: #407a40" | jds2001, thanks!
|| [[#t22:38|22:38]]
|- id="t22:38"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | LinuxCode: Any English will probably do nicely ;-)
|| [[#t22:38|22:38]]
|- id="t22:38"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | what if I'm a developer, I get to work only in the software specific to Fedora ?
|| [[#t22:38|22:38]]
|- id="t22:38"
! style="background-color: #62bb62" |  doddo
| style="color: #62bb62" | so how does it work IRL, for example the translation part, there must be some workflow, right? I meen you dont
|| [[#t22:38|22:38]]
|-
| colspan="3" | just start translating randomly?
|- id="t22:39"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | Abd4llA: we would very much encourage you to work upstream as well.
|| [[#t22:39|22:39]]
|- id="t22:39"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Abd4llA: Not at all, but if you want to work on non-Fedora specific software, you would probably want to get
|| [[#t22:39|22:39]]
|-
| colspan="3" | involved with the upstream community that provides that software
|- id="t22:39"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | doddo: That's right
|| [[#t22:39|22:39]]
|- id="t22:39"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | and anything that you put in Fedora should be on a path to upstream.
|| [[#t22:39|22:39]]
|- id="t22:39"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | doddo: And the people at the L10n team, as well as a locale-specific team in your nation, can help you get started
|| [[#t22:39|22:39]]
|- id="t22:40"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Obviously there's not time for me to tell everyone about how each specific team works
|| [[#t22:40|22:40]]
|- id="t22:40"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | (and I'd probably get the details wrong if I tried!)
|| [[#t22:40|22:40]]
|- id="t22:40"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | jds2001: +1
|| [[#t22:40|22:40]]
|- id="t22:40"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | jds2001 has pointed out a very important part of how Fedora contributions benefit the *entire* free software community
|| [[#t22:40|22:40]]
|- id="t22:41"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Everything we do, everything we use, and everything we create in Fedora is 100% free and open source
|| [[#t22:41|22:41]]
|- id="t22:41"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Except the artwork etc?
|| [[#t22:41|22:41]]
|- id="t22:41"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Discordian: No, actually, artwork is exactly the same
|| [[#t22:41|22:41]]
|- id="t22:41"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Ahhh ok
|| [[#t22:41|22:41]]
|- id="t22:41"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | 100% free and open source, and more than that, *created* with free and open tools
|| [[#t22:41|22:41]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Yes I appreciate that
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | the only thing that you need permission for is the logo.
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So the Artwork team uses, for example, tools like GIMP and Inkscape
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | but that is very specifically not included in the artwork.
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | Trademark law still applies.
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | jds2001: Yes, that's right -- the Fedora logo is an official trademark
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | jds: thanks that's what I was thinking of
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #7070d5" |  kiakli
| style="color: #7070d5" | and rpmfusion-free is 100% free?
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Which is why we specifically *don't* put it in our artwork
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So that others can use it
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:42"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | inkscape is very cool
|| [[#t22:42|22:42]]
|- id="t22:43"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | kiakli: they are not part of fedora. ;) Ask them what they mean by free there.
|| [[#t22:43|22:43]]
|- id="t22:43"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So Discordian helped me get Artwork into the discussion
|| [[#t22:43|22:43]]
|- id="t22:43"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | How about documentation?
|| [[#t22:43|22:43]]
|- id="t22:43"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Just about anyone can help with cleaning up wiki pages
|| [[#t22:43|22:43]]
|- id="t22:43"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Or collecting information into helpful pages
|| [[#t22:43|22:43]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | If you are willing to learn a few new skills, you can also work on some of our bigger documents
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | like the Release Notes and the Installation Guide
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | Supposing that I have a FAS account(I do), and supposing I want to contribute(I do), how can I play along?
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | kdn: http://join.fedoraproject.org
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:44"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | brb
|| [[#t22:44|22:44]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | That URL will help you find a team that does things you might want to help do
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | I'd certainly like to help if I can
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #5fb4b4" |  zless
| style="color: #5fb4b4" | i suppose typical, example workflows would be helpful
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | Do you have to be in the Doc group to edit random (not your own) wiki pages or is CLA good enough?
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: Great question!
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | i contribute to documents just by helping the writer, answering questions etc
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: When you get a Fedora account, that is *all* you need to help on the wiki
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:45"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You sign into the wiki with the same user name and password.
|| [[#t22:45|22:45]]
|- id="t22:46"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | domg472: And you can extend that work into your local community with the Ambassadors program too
|| [[#t22:46|22:46]]
|- id="t22:46"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | good to know
|| [[#t22:46|22:46]]
|- id="t22:46"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | most of my work is on irc
|| [[#t22:46|22:46]]
|- id="t22:46"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ambassadors spend some of their free time talking to local individuals, groups, schools, businesses, government, etc.
|| [[#t22:46|22:46]]
|-
| colspan="3" | about Fedora
|- id="t22:46"
| colspan="2" | * erinlea80 would love to hear more about local community initiatives...
|| [[#t22:46|22:46]]
|- id="t22:47"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ambassadors also give Fedora a presence at trade shows in their areas
|| [[#t22:47|22:47]]
|- id="t22:47"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | To spread the word about Fedora and free software, and help answer questions in person
|| [[#t22:47|22:47]]
|- id="t22:47"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | erinlea80: You would probably be very interested in what our Ambassadors do, then
|| [[#t22:47|22:47]]
|- id="t22:47"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They are really the bridge between Fedora and all the local communities in the world where free software can help make
|| [[#t22:47|22:47]]
|-
| colspan="3" | people's lives better
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I have a quesetion
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Actually, I have a *question*
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Are there any system administrators present (other than current Fedora principals)?
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
| colspan="2" | * erinlea80 raises her hand
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | I'm a sysadmin
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #62bb62" |  doddo
| style="color: #62bb62" | yeah I am too
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | a-yup
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You might be interested in our Infrastructure team
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #c668c6" |  neverho0d
| style="color: #c668c6" | me too
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | i adminstrate my system sure
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:48"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure
|| [[#t22:48|22:48]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #7070d5" |  kiakli
| style="color: #7070d5" | +1
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | In particular, sysadmins who run multiple systems for *other* people?
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | not a pro here ;)
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Yeah I might be more use packaging stuff
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | I amm
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Even if you only administer *your* system
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #488888" |  kdn
| style="color: #488888" | yep
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #c668c6" |  neverho0d
| style="color: #c668c6" | i am
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | you can get involved in Fedora Infrastructure
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | I run stuff for other people
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | I run multiple systems for a fortune 100 giant
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:49"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They maintain a world-class server backend that makes the whole Fedora Project run
|| [[#t22:49|22:49]]
|- id="t22:50"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | including technologies like virtualization, change management systems, automated backups, distributed source
|| [[#t22:50|22:50]]
|-
| colspan="3" | code management, and hosted projects
|- id="t22:50"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | We have equipment located around the world
|| [[#t22:50|22:50]]
|- id="t22:50"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And a "follow-the-sun" team that keeps it all running smoothly
|| [[#t22:50|22:50]]
|- id="t22:50"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | I tend to use CentOS for servers but it's all part of the family
|| [[#t22:50|22:50]]
|- id="t22:51"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Yeah I've done follow the sun with USA, JA and AU servers as well as UK
|| [[#t22:51|22:51]]
|- id="t22:51"
! style="background-color: #97974f" |  Abd4llA
| style="color: #97974f" | stickster: are there any "windows" servers :P
|| [[#t22:51|22:51]]
|- id="t22:51"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | It's a great place to learn about the methods they use for easy and scalable system administration
|| [[#t22:51|22:51]]
|- id="t22:51"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Abd4llA: HA HA HA!
|| [[#t22:51|22:51]]
|- id="t22:51"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | :-)
|| [[#t22:51|22:51]]
|- id="t22:52"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So I would recommend that if you have skill or interest in that, Infra is where it's at
|| [[#t22:52|22:52]]
|- id="t22:52"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Oh dear he said the W* word
|| [[#t22:52|22:52]]
|- id="t22:52"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | lets flog him
|| [[#t22:52|22:52]]
|- id="t22:52"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | ;-p
|| [[#t22:52|22:52]]
|- id="t22:52"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | in a hypothetically sense
|| [[#t22:52|22:52]]
|- id="t22:53"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Jon talked very eloquently already about bug triage, which is part of a larger quality assurance (QA) effort
|| [[#t22:53|22:53]]
|- id="t22:53"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | stickster, does the infrastructure team run git etc.. and decide on whats run ?
|| [[#t22:53|22:53]]
|- id="t22:53"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | LinuxCode: I believe they use git for most of their source control tasks
|| [[#t22:53|22:53]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | or does the steering committee decide on what software they want run ?
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | LinuxCode: They also provide CVS, SVN, bazaar, and Mercurial
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | And there may be one more in there that I'm forgetting
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #ce6c6c" |  LinuxCode
| style="color: #ce6c6c" | interesting
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They provide those SCM's for other projects too
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | stickster: Just a thought but I think that the fedora-classroom should be add to http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|-
| colspan="3" | page as an on going live training, or school enviroment type of thing.
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | So each software project gets to choose its SCM
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:54"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | the main fedora repo uses CVS for specfiles.
|| [[#t22:54|22:54]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | maybe the other is RCS or perforce?
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | however, each hosted project is free to choose their SCM.
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Ineluctable: I'm absolutely sure that nirik will be doing that once we have settled into a routine and know that people like
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|-
| colspan="3" | this as a continuing effort
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | Discordian: neither of those :)
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | Within limits.
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #b86161" |  ivazquez
| style="color: #b86161" | svn, git, hg, bzr, mtn.
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | mtn, that's the one.
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #a25555" |  jds2001
| style="color: #a25555" | ahh yes, mtn
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | ahhh ok
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | Ineluctable: yeah, we will be learning from these sessions and updating things. Thats a great idea.
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:55"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Thank you ivazquez
|| [[#t22:55|22:55]]
|- id="t22:56"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | There is also the Websites team, which is different from the Infrastructure team
|| [[#t22:56|22:56]]
|- id="t22:56"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They work on design and implementation of our sites
|| [[#t22:56|22:56]]
|- id="t22:56"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | keeping everything looking good and showing helpful information on each main web page
|| [[#t22:56|22:56]]
|- id="t22:56"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | I couldn't design my way out of a paper bag lol
|| [[#t22:56|22:56]]
|- id="t22:56"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | It's the intersection of usability, design, and Web programming
|| [[#t22:56|22:56]]
|- id="t22:57"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Another group I don't want to forget is the Fedora News team
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|- id="t22:57"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | They provide a weekly newsletter that lets everyone know what's been going on in Fedora
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|- id="t22:57"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Being on the Fedora News team couldn't be simpler
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|- id="t22:57"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | They are pretty go about that. There was a bodhi update that required javascript for something to work so I
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|-
| colspan="3" | filed a complaint and
|- id="t22:57"
| colspan="2" | * kdn noting that the lecture hall now has &gt; 80 members. Good!
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|- id="t22:57"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You just have to be able to summarize discussions and events in one specific area of Fedora (like, for example,
|| [[#t22:57|22:57]]
|-
| colspan="3" | the Websites team) for publishing in the Fedora Weekly News
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | a couple of hours later there was a new bodhi release with a fix. I was stunned.
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #9b519b" |  brunowolff
| style="color: #9b519b" | I think Luke did that.
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | brunowolff: I'm constantly amazed at how much a volunteer team can get done
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | We do have some leadership from paid Red Hat employees in specific cases
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|- id="t22:58"
! style="background-color: #818144" |  Ineluctable
| style="color: #818144" | nirik: Awesome I am a beginer at linux and fedora but I do enjoy learning and maby one day teaching.  I am going to
|| [[#t22:58|22:58]]
|-
| colspan="3" | set up an fas account so I can contribute, please let me know how I can help with the fedora-classroom project,
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | But a *lot* of the work is done by contributors around the world
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Wow, my time is nearly up here
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I hope this has been a helpful introduciton
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | Ineluctable: excellent. Feel free to find me after the sessions are over.
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | I would like to give a challenge to everyone watching --
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | Get involved!
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #6ed16e" |  Discordian
| style="color: #6ed16e" | Thank you stickster
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #42427e" |  stickster
| style="color: #42427e" | You can make a difference in the lives of MILLIONS of people
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #4b904b" | @nirik
| style="color: #4b904b" | thanks stickster !
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #854685" |  erinlea80
| style="color: #854685" | thank you stickster!
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #b15db1" |  domg472
| style="color: #b15db1" | thanks
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
! style="background-color: #adad5b" |  Bugz
| style="color: #adad5b" | thank you stickster
|| [[#t22:59|22:59]]
|- id="t22:59"
| colspan="2" | * stickster waves at everyone and thanks nirik again for the opportunity
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Fedora Classroom - Beginner's guide to getting involved - Paul Frields - Saturday, November 8, 2008

IRC Log of the Class

-!- nirik changed the topic of #fedora-classroom to: Fedora Classroom - Beginner's guide to getting involved with your teacher: stickster - See Communicate/IRC/Classroom for more info 22:00
* kdn *hearing the class bell ring** 22:00
fengshaun kdn, LOL!!!! 22:00
stickster Hello everyone! 22:00
fengshaun stickster, hello!!! 22:01
stickster First, thanks to Jon Stanley, a hard man to follow 22:01
Ineluctable are logs going to be posted for every class? 22:01
erinlea80 Hi Stickster! 22:01
kdn hi, stickster 22:01
thomasj hello stickster 22:01
@nirik Ineluctable: yes. 22:01
mattia hello stickster 22:01
stickster And thank you also to Kevin Fenzi for setting up the Fedora Classroom 22:01
fengshaun nirik, where? 22:01
Ineluctable nirik:ty 22:01
@nirik fengshaun: linked from the classroom page: Communicate/IRC/Classroom 22:01
stickster and to the other instructors who are donating their time this weekend to help us all learn a little more about Fedora 22:01
fengshaun nirik, good, thanks 22:01
@nirik stickster: thanks. :) take it away. 22:01
stickster So for those who don't know me, I'm the Fedora Project Leader 22:02
stickster You probably know my predecessor Max Spevack 22:02
stickster I started at Red Hat in February 2008 as the FPL 22:02
stickster And I'm going to talk to you about how to get involved in Fedora. 22:02
stickster I want to encourage everyone to ask questions as we go 22:02
stickster Otherwise my typing hands are going to get very tired 22:02
stickster And you'll get very bored. 22:02
stickster The first question I want to talk about, which I'm sure a lot of people have, is "why?" 22:03
stickster Why should I get involved in Fedora? 22:03
stickster Well, let's step back to look at the bigger question, which is why to get involved in free software at all. 22:04
stickster How is it that free software is free anyway? 22:04
Abd4llA the community 22:04
stickster True, some of the work that goes into free software is produced by companies -- like Red Hat, the company I work for. 22:04
They are, for example, the single biggest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel, which runs every Linux box out there
stickster Abd4llA: EXACTLY! Excellent answer 22:05
stickster Free software is free because ALL the work that goes into it is *donated*. 22:05
stickster And the *vast* majority of those donations don't come from companies at all 22:05
stickster They come from people who just love to help each other build and learn new things. 22:05
stickster Free software, just like any software endeavor, is not just about code. 22:06
brunowolff I like being able to fix stuff myself when needed. 22:06
stickster It's also about all the things that bring it to as many people as possible. 22:06
stickster brunowolff: Precisely! 22:06
stickster Isn't that a great pleasure of free software? 22:06
erinlea80 are most contributions non-monetary in nature? 22:06
fengshaun brunowolff, +1 22:06
stickster You can do that because the code has been donated under a free license 22:06
kdn If you can't void the warranty, if you can't open it, you don;t own it. 22:07
stickster Someone took the precise step of making that code free, so you would be able to look at it and fix what you need to, 22:07
to make it do what you want.
brunowolff That makes it easier and republishable, but binaries can get fixed when needed to, 22:07
brunowolff too, 22:07
stickster erinlea80: I think it's hard to say, but that's my suspicion, yes 22:07
stickster Most contributions *are* non-monetary 22:07
stickster They're more often -- I believe -- contributions of time, effort, and knowledge. 22:07
erinlea80 :) 22:08
stickster You don't have to be well-heeled to do something good for your community or for people halfway around the world 22:08
stickster You just need to devote some time 22:08
kdn +1 22:08
stickster Free software is used all over the world by people you may never meet, but whose life you're making better by your 22:08
investment of time and energy
ricky I've been wondering - can the idea of open source apply to patents as well, and is there any common license that is used 22:09
to make patented ideas "open" ?
stickster Teseting and quality assurance, translation, documentation, marketing... 22:09
stickster *Testing 22:09
ricky Patents as in the ideas themselves, as opposed to the expression of the ideas (the code) 22:09
jds2001 ricky: there are things like OIN, if that's what you mean. 22:10
stickster ricky: That's a good question, maybe outside the scope of getting involved, but generally patents can be granted in 22:10
ways that open them up to the community
stickster jds2001: +1 22:10
jds2001 and let's not forget about the Firestar settlement. 22:10
ricky Ah, cool 22:10
stickster OIN is the Open Invention Network: 22:10
stickster http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ 22:10
stickster So where was I? 22:10
stickster OH yes 22:10
stickster Testing and quality assurance, translation, documentation, marketing... 22:11
stickster and many other efforts 22:11
stickster All these things go into making software of any kind 22:11
stickster And with free software, these are efforts the community can join 22:11
stickster (Of course, if you write code, that's great too!) ;-) 22:11
fengshaun stickster, question! 22:11
stickster The more donations there are, the faster that free software improves. 22:11
stickster fengshaun: Ask away! 22:11
fengshaun how much coding knowledge should you have? 22:11
fengshaun to contribute? 22:12
VileGent ! 22:12
stickster You don't need *any* coding knowledge for many of the things that Fedora needs 22:12
jds2001 as much or as little as you like. 22:12
jds2001 down to none. 22:12
fengshaun for the coding part, I mean! 22:12
fengshaun oh 22:12
stickster If you *can* code, there are additional ways you can contribute, but even complete non-coders can help 22:12
stickster fengshaun: Let me give you an example 22:12
stickster ME 22:12
stickster I am not a coder. 22:12
stickster I started out in 1997 as a Linux user 22:12
VileGent fengshaun, you can always help in #fedora as well 22:12
stickster Linux helped me advance operations in my office, because the code was open and auditable 22:13
fengshaun VileGent, yes, I try to do that as much as I can! 22:13
stickster When I found out the Fedora Project existed, and Red Hat had started a community Linux distribution project, 22:13
I jumped at the chance
stickster I became a documentation writer, which was good for me because I was not an experienced software developer 22:13
erinlea80 What attracted you to the Fedora Project vs. other distro. efforts? 22:14
erinlea80 (besides a paid job at RedHat) 22:14
stickster erinlea80: The funny thing was, I got involved 5 years ago 22:14
nuonguy can I give another reason to get involved? 22:14
stickster erinlea80: And I never wanted a job at Red Hat 22:14
jds2001 the paid job is a very recent thing. 22:14
Abd4llA erinlea80: good question 22:14
erinlea80 ah okay. 22:14
stickster I did it because it was a way of giving back to a community that helped me build my career 22:14
stickster A career that had nothing to do with free software itself 22:14
stickster So I dived in to help 22:15
stickster And eventually one thing led to another 22:15
stickster working in Fedora Documentation became... 22:15
stickster working on the Fedora Docs Steering Committee... 22:15
stickster became... 22:15
stickster working as an inaugural member of the Fedora Board... 22:15
stickster became... 22:15
stickster getting a call from Max to see if I was interested in a job. 22:16
stickster And honestly, I didn't *need* this job, but it was too fascinating to pass up! 22:16
stickster And now I get to spend all day (and many nights) ;-) working with and talking to fine people like yourselves! 22:16
stickster erinlea80: There's another half to your question 22:17
stickster I got involved in Fedora because it was the first community distribution that had its roots in a long-standing commercial product 22:17
stickster I had used the commercial product for a long time so it was natural that I was interested in diving into building it 22:17
erinlea80 That certainly makes sense. :) 22:17
stickster Debian was *obviously* there earlier 22:18
stickster But others like OpenSuSE and Ubuntu came about because Fedora blazed the trail of a partnership between commerce and community 22:18
* stickster pauses now to see if there are other questions he hasn't answered 22:19
* roguedaemon waves 22:19
stickster OK then 22:19
stickster moving on... 22:19
* thomasj waves back 22:19
stickster Now I've done a little rah-rah cheerleading, it's time to talk nuts and bolts a little. 22:19
stickster The first thing you need to get involved is a Fedora account 22:20
Bugz I'm interested a little in how to contribute to documentation, an overview of how the process works 22:20
stickster Bugz: Great question 22:20
stickster Bugz: And I'll get there in just a few minutes 22:20
stickster Docs, like all our other projects, requires a Fedora account 22:21
stickster Where do you get one? 22:21
stickster https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts 22:21
stickster This used to be a really difficult process but fortunately it's all a couple mouse clicks away now 22:21
Abd4llA stickster: would a redhat account do ? 22:21
stickster We don't really treat @redhat.com substantially different from anyone else 22:22
stickster You'd still want a Fedora account 22:22
ricky (they're two different systems) 22:22
stickster ricky: +1, exactly 22:22
Abd4llA k 22:22
stickster What does a Fedora account get you? 22:23
stickster 1. A Fedora identity, which you can use for group access for more technical tasks, if that's where you want to get involved 22:23
stickster 2. A SSH account on fedorapeople.org, and 150 MB of shareable web space 22:23
* nirik also notes an openid you can use at sites that take openid too. 22:24
stickster 3. Other benefits like the possibility of an IRC cloak that makes you show up as (for example) "fedora/johnpublic" on IRC 22:24
thomasj fas.. ok 22:24
domg472 do we still need a telephone to be able to register? 22:24
stickster 4. A Voice-over-IP account where you and fellow contributors can contact each other 22:24
zless stickster, oh? i thought you still need approval from 'spot' for that IRC cloak. 22:25
stickster zless: It's not automatic but there aren't any real entrance requirements; you just need to request one 22:25
Ineluctable are there free voip accounts? 22:25
ivazquez Not so much approval as much as he has to request it. 22:25
stickster domg472: You need a contact number, whether it's your own or someone who can get a hold of you 22:25
domg472 i don own a telephone :/ 22:26
jds2001 someone you know surely does. 22:26
kdn Could you elaborate on IRC cloaking? 22:26
domg472 thanks for the answer 22:26
stickster domg472: If you have family with a telephone, that would suffice I believe 22:26
stickster This is a legal requirement since Fedora does have to adhere to US laws and regulations 22:27
kdn 'twasn't clear to me how to make the request .. 22:27
stickster Ineluctable: Yes, the VoIP account is free, but it does not allow outgoing calls 22:27
stickster So you can't use it for free long-distance, for example 22:27
ivazquez It doesn't have PSTN connectivity. 22:27
stickster But you can use it to receive calls and to contact other Fedora contributors who are signed onto the VoIP system. 22:27
stickster ivazquez: Actually it does, but only incoming. 22:27
Ineluctable stickster: can I contact other fedora members? 22:27
ricky kdn: FreenodeCloaks 22:27
ivazquez Fair enough. 22:28
jds2001 yes, you can call me at 5102788 for example. 22:28
stickster Ineluctable: Yes, absolutely, if their phones are signed in. 22:28
brunowolff That's neat. Is there a directory? Can people use it to call you? 22:28
kdn tks, ricky 22:28
stickster Yes 22:28
stickster All right, so that's enough about the benefits 22:29
stickster But to keep our eyes on the prize: 22:29
stickster It's not all about what you get 22:29
stickster It's what you *give* 22:29
stickster Being a contributor is more than just being a proud user of free software 22:29
stickster Although I think that everyone here is probably the latter, too 22:29
stickster I know I am! 22:29
stickster What are some ways to get involved in contributing to Fedora? 22:29
stickster I'm going to talk about some of the groups in Fedora and what they do 22:30
brunowolff Filing bug reports 22:30
stickster brunowolff: +1, yes, QA and bug triage 22:30
stickster (which jds2001 spoke about so eloquently earlier) 22:30
stickster Anybody else have ideas? 22:30
doddo packaging 22:30
brunowolff Maintaining packages 22:30
stickster doddo: +1 22:30
stickster brunowolff: OK, you've had your limelight! :-D 22:30
stickster kidding! 22:31
stickster anyone else? 22:31
brunowolff In your intro you didn't mention artists. 22:31
domg472 i am just helping people out on irc 22:31
Sid there's way more, translation, documentation, infrastructure 22:31
stickster What about translation? 22:31
Ineluctable distribution of media or anything else that brings members to the community? 22:31
kdn documenting? 22:31
erinlea80 marketing and advocacy 22:31
cga hi all 22:31
Abd4llA What exactly is "Maintaining packages " ? 22:31
stickster Sid: +3 22:31
stickster Ineluctable: +1 22:31
stickster kdn: +1 22:31
thomasj hopefully, helper in #fedora as well 22:31
stickster erinlea80: +1 22:31
stickster thomasj: +1! 22:32
stickster What about helping with website maintenance? 22:32
stickster Web design? 22:32
stickster What about system administration and infrastructure tasks? 22:32
stickster All of these things allow you to get involved. 22:32
neverho0d local community support 22:32
kanarip Abd4llA, maybe i can answer that for you? 22:32
zless getting ISPs to stop using bastardized and/or EOL versions of Fedora? 22:33
stickster Abd4llA: kanarip: And I think ivazquez is doing a classroom session in ~30 minutes on that very subject 22:33
zless :) 22:33
Ineluctable how about host events that bring the community togther as well as non-members 22:33
erinlea80 install fests. 22:33
stickster Ineluctable: Yes, Ambassadorial duties +1 22:33
stickster So let's talk a little about some of these groups. 22:33
stickster First, translation 22:33
kanarip Abd4llA, a package, as you know, gets updates to make sure bugs are fixed, security issues are closed, 22:33
enhancements are incorporated
kanarip Abd4llA, somebody has to update those packages and make sure everything works on an installed system; that is 22:34
practically what package maintainers do
Abd4llA gr8 22:34
stickster So... 22:35
stickster There are hundreds -- maybe *thousands* -- of people donating time to translate software and documentation 22:35
stickster We have a Translation (also called Localization or "L10n" for short) team 22:35
stickster that works on these issues 22:35
stickster and a dedicated site and project 22:35
stickster http://translate.fedoraproject.org/ 22:36
stickster There is also a wiki page devoted to the L10n team whre you can find information on joining 22:36
stickster http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10n/Join 22:36
stickster All you need is a computer, some time and energy, and knowledge of US English and at least one other language 22:36
fengshaun darn, I have to go out! 22:37
stickster Translators work on the software in Fedora that is specific to Fedora (like system-config-* tools) 22:37
fengshaun sorry stickster, and see you everyone! 22:37
jds2001 FergatROn: that's fine, the logs will be there :) 22:37
stickster and documentation like the release notes and installation guide 22:37
stickster our websites, and so on... 22:37
LinuxCode stickster, I hope you meant International English 22:37
stickster To make Fedora accessible to people all around the world 22:38
fengshaun jds2001, thanks! 22:38
stickster LinuxCode: Any English will probably do nicely ;-) 22:38
Abd4llA what if I'm a developer, I get to work only in the software specific to Fedora ? 22:38
doddo so how does it work IRL, for example the translation part, there must be some workflow, right? I meen you dont 22:38
just start translating randomly?
jds2001 Abd4llA: we would very much encourage you to work upstream as well. 22:39
stickster Abd4llA: Not at all, but if you want to work on non-Fedora specific software, you would probably want to get 22:39
involved with the upstream community that provides that software
stickster doddo: That's right 22:39
jds2001 and anything that you put in Fedora should be on a path to upstream. 22:39
stickster doddo: And the people at the L10n team, as well as a locale-specific team in your nation, can help you get started 22:39
stickster Obviously there's not time for me to tell everyone about how each specific team works 22:40
stickster (and I'd probably get the details wrong if I tried!) 22:40
stickster jds2001: +1 22:40
stickster jds2001 has pointed out a very important part of how Fedora contributions benefit the *entire* free software community 22:40
stickster Everything we do, everything we use, and everything we create in Fedora is 100% free and open source 22:41
Discordian Except the artwork etc? 22:41
stickster Discordian: No, actually, artwork is exactly the same 22:41
Discordian Ahhh ok 22:41
stickster 100% free and open source, and more than that, *created* with free and open tools 22:41
Discordian Yes I appreciate that 22:42
jds2001 the only thing that you need permission for is the logo. 22:42
stickster So the Artwork team uses, for example, tools like GIMP and Inkscape 22:42
jds2001 but that is very specifically not included in the artwork. 22:42
ivazquez Trademark law still applies. 22:42
stickster jds2001: Yes, that's right -- the Fedora logo is an official trademark 22:42
Discordian jds: thanks that's what I was thinking of 22:42
kiakli and rpmfusion-free is 100% free? 22:42
stickster Which is why we specifically *don't* put it in our artwork 22:42
stickster So that others can use it 22:42
Discordian inkscape is very cool 22:42
@nirik kiakli: they are not part of fedora. ;) Ask them what they mean by free there. 22:43
stickster So Discordian helped me get Artwork into the discussion 22:43
stickster How about documentation? 22:43
stickster Just about anyone can help with cleaning up wiki pages 22:43
stickster Or collecting information into helpful pages 22:43
stickster If you are willing to learn a few new skills, you can also work on some of our bigger documents 22:44
stickster like the Release Notes and the Installation Guide 22:44
stickster http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join 22:44
kdn Supposing that I have a FAS account(I do), and supposing I want to contribute(I do), how can I play along? 22:44
stickster kdn: http://join.fedoraproject.org 22:44
kdn brb 22:44
stickster That URL will help you find a team that does things you might want to help do 22:45
Discordian I'd certainly like to help if I can 22:45
zless i suppose typical, example workflows would be helpful 22:45
brunowolff Do you have to be in the Doc group to edit random (not your own) wiki pages or is CLA good enough? 22:45
stickster brunowolff: Great question! 22:45
domg472 i contribute to documents just by helping the writer, answering questions etc 22:45
stickster brunowolff: When you get a Fedora account, that is *all* you need to help on the wiki 22:45
stickster You sign into the wiki with the same user name and password. 22:45
stickster domg472: And you can extend that work into your local community with the Ambassadors program too 22:46
domg472 good to know 22:46
domg472 most of my work is on irc 22:46
stickster Ambassadors spend some of their free time talking to local individuals, groups, schools, businesses, government, etc. 22:46
about Fedora
* erinlea80 would love to hear more about local community initiatives... 22:46
stickster Ambassadors also give Fedora a presence at trade shows in their areas 22:47
stickster To spread the word about Fedora and free software, and help answer questions in person 22:47
stickster erinlea80: You would probably be very interested in what our Ambassadors do, then 22:47
stickster They are really the bridge between Fedora and all the local communities in the world where free software can help make 22:47
people's lives better
stickster I have a quesetion 22:48
stickster Actually, I have a *question* 22:48
stickster Are there any system administrators present (other than current Fedora principals)? 22:48
* erinlea80 raises her hand 22:48
Discordian I'm a sysadmin 22:48
doddo yeah I am too 22:48
kdn a-yup 22:48
stickster You might be interested in our Infrastructure team 22:48
neverho0d me too 22:48
domg472 i adminstrate my system sure 22:48
stickster http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure 22:48
kiakli +1 22:49
stickster In particular, sysadmins who run multiple systems for *other* people? 22:49
domg472 not a pro here ;) 22:49
Discordian Yeah I might be more use packaging stuff 22:49
Abd4llA I amm 22:49
stickster Even if you only administer *your* system 22:49
kdn yep 22:49
neverho0d i am 22:49
stickster you can get involved in Fedora Infrastructure 22:49
Discordian I run stuff for other people 22:49
erinlea80 I run multiple systems for a fortune 100 giant 22:49
stickster They maintain a world-class server backend that makes the whole Fedora Project run 22:49
stickster including technologies like virtualization, change management systems, automated backups, distributed source 22:50
code management, and hosted projects
stickster We have equipment located around the world 22:50
stickster And a "follow-the-sun" team that keeps it all running smoothly 22:50
Discordian I tend to use CentOS for servers but it's all part of the family 22:50
Discordian Yeah I've done follow the sun with USA, JA and AU servers as well as UK 22:51
Abd4llA stickster: are there any "windows" servers :P 22:51
stickster It's a great place to learn about the methods they use for easy and scalable system administration 22:51
stickster Abd4llA: HA HA HA! 22:51
stickster :-) 22:51
stickster So I would recommend that if you have skill or interest in that, Infra is where it's at 22:52
Discordian Oh dear he said the W* word 22:52
LinuxCode lets flog him 22:52
LinuxCode ;-p 22:52
LinuxCode in a hypothetically sense 22:52
stickster Jon talked very eloquently already about bug triage, which is part of a larger quality assurance (QA) effort 22:53
LinuxCode stickster, does the infrastructure team run git etc.. and decide on whats run ? 22:53
stickster LinuxCode: I believe they use git for most of their source control tasks 22:53
LinuxCode or does the steering committee decide on what software they want run ? 22:54
stickster LinuxCode: They also provide CVS, SVN, bazaar, and Mercurial 22:54
stickster And there may be one more in there that I'm forgetting 22:54
LinuxCode interesting 22:54
stickster They provide those SCM's for other projects too 22:54
Ineluctable stickster: Just a thought but I think that the fedora-classroom should be add to http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora 22:54
page as an on going live training, or school enviroment type of thing.
stickster So each software project gets to choose its SCM 22:54
jds2001 the main fedora repo uses CVS for specfiles. 22:54
Discordian maybe the other is RCS or perforce? 22:55
jds2001 however, each hosted project is free to choose their SCM. 22:55
stickster Ineluctable: I'm absolutely sure that nirik will be doing that once we have settled into a routine and know that people like 22:55
this as a continuing effort
jds2001 Discordian: neither of those :) 22:55
ivazquez Within limits. 22:55
ivazquez svn, git, hg, bzr, mtn. 22:55
stickster mtn, that's the one. 22:55
jds2001 ahh yes, mtn 22:55
Discordian ahhh ok 22:55
@nirik Ineluctable: yeah, we will be learning from these sessions and updating things. Thats a great idea. 22:55
stickster Thank you ivazquez 22:55
stickster There is also the Websites team, which is different from the Infrastructure team 22:56
stickster They work on design and implementation of our sites 22:56
stickster keeping everything looking good and showing helpful information on each main web page 22:56
Discordian I couldn't design my way out of a paper bag lol 22:56
stickster It's the intersection of usability, design, and Web programming 22:56
stickster Another group I don't want to forget is the Fedora News team 22:57
stickster They provide a weekly newsletter that lets everyone know what's been going on in Fedora 22:57
stickster Being on the Fedora News team couldn't be simpler 22:57
brunowolff They are pretty go about that. There was a bodhi update that required javascript for something to work so I 22:57
filed a complaint and
* kdn noting that the lecture hall now has > 80 members. Good! 22:57
stickster You just have to be able to summarize discussions and events in one specific area of Fedora (like, for example, 22:57
the Websites team) for publishing in the Fedora Weekly News
brunowolff a couple of hours later there was a new bodhi release with a fix. I was stunned. 22:58
brunowolff I think Luke did that. 22:58
stickster http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN 22:58
stickster brunowolff: I'm constantly amazed at how much a volunteer team can get done 22:58
stickster We do have some leadership from paid Red Hat employees in specific cases 22:58
Ineluctable nirik: Awesome I am a beginer at linux and fedora but I do enjoy learning and maby one day teaching. I am going to 22:58
set up an fas account so I can contribute, please let me know how I can help with the fedora-classroom project,
stickster But a *lot* of the work is done by contributors around the world 22:59
stickster Wow, my time is nearly up here 22:59
stickster I hope this has been a helpful introduciton 22:59
@nirik Ineluctable: excellent. Feel free to find me after the sessions are over. 22:59
stickster I would like to give a challenge to everyone watching -- 22:59
stickster Get involved! 22:59
Discordian Thank you stickster 22:59
stickster You can make a difference in the lives of MILLIONS of people 22:59
@nirik thanks stickster ! 22:59
erinlea80 thank you stickster! 22:59
domg472 thanks 22:59
Bugz thank you stickster 22:59
* stickster waves at everyone and thanks nirik again for the opportunity 22:59

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