#FOSSBackstage: So abhängig ist kommerzielle Softwareentwicklung von #OpenSource | Developer https://www.heise.de/news/FOSS-Backstage-So-abhaengig-ist-kommerzielle-Softwareentwicklung-von-Open-Source-10320841.html #FOSS

If you are interested in #InnerSource, but you could not attend the InnerSource Gathering after the #fossbackstage and thus missed my talk, you have another chance at 10 a.m. CET online: InnerSource@DB: A Story About Open Source Practices at Deutsche Bahn https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innersourcedb-a-story-about-open-source-practices-at-deutsche-bahn-tickets-1246308515319

You ever go to link a blog post and realize you never actually finished the post? That happened to me yesterday with my #FOSSBackstage talk. So today I finished/published said post.

I present: Six Ways to Onboard New Contributors

https://relational-tech.com/blog/six-ways-to-onboard.html

It rounds up my best suggestions for welcoming newcomers:

- context-building tasks
- FRAME tasks
- tasks that utilize newcomer ignorance
- tasks that utilize newcomer expertise
- pairing

and most important: letting new contributors "just be"

Trying to capture my notes on #FOSSBackstage #FOSSBack from the last two days for internal sharing.

Realizing I need to take better notes during the event itself :-)

If you missed Peculiar and I talking about CHAOSS resources to improve the health and sustainability of your OSS projects or want the links, here are the slides: https://fastwonderblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FOSSBack_-Data-to-Action_-Build-Healthy-Sustainable-OSS-Communities.pdf #FOSSBackstage #FOSSBack #FOSSBackstage2025

there's a discussion during @geekygirldawn and Peculiar Umeh's #FOSSBackstage talk of whether it's safe/advisable to delegate dependency management to dependabot as I multi-task by merging over a dozen dependabot updates with minimal review

a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Three days, three talks from DB Systel. Yesterday, @mxmehl talked about the burden of knowledge regarding risks of Open Source software. Right now, @cschum is on stage presenting the Open Railway Association. I myself will share our #InnerSource journey tomorrow at the Inner Source Gathering. If you miss it, feel welcome to join the Inner Source Community Call on March 18: https://bit.ly/ISCMar18

"Putting the Railway Industry on the Open Source Track" - this is what Cornelius Schumacher is talking right now about at #FOSSbackstage.

He explains why #OpenRail Association has been founded, shares experiences of the first year in operation with the crowd, and presents our projects and opportunities for collaboration.

https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/putting-the-railway-industry-on-the-open-source-track/

Enjoy your coffee break, #FOSSBackstage stagehands! I'm sipping a homemade latte over here in DC.

When the conference resumes, I'll be giving a talk, "Relationship Problems In Open Source", about how we can view some of the most common #FOSS challenges, such as burnout, onboarding, funding, and UX, through a relational lens.

If you want a sneak peek you can check out the slides here: http://relational-tech.com/misc/Relationship%20Problems%20in%20Open%20Source.pdf

Relicensing has come up several times here at #FOSSBackstage #FOSSBack #FOSSBackstage2025 Here's a link that points to several talks, an article, and a paper with more details on relicensing and the forks that sometimes result from it. https://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science/tree/main/dataset/license-changes/fork-case-study

I’ve loved seeing all of the references to CHAOSS in the presentations here at #FOSSBackstage #FOSSBack #FOSSBackstage2025 Peculiar and I also have a talk about using CHAOSS resources to improve the health and sustainability of your OSS projects at 4:05pm today!

@mxmehl talked about it yesterday and it came up today in the auditorium at #fossbackstage: Our red flag checker for #OpenSource projects to scan for typical risks. Check it out, it is Open Source (dah!)

https://github.com/dbsystel/oss-red-flag-checker

Just listened to Lea Beiermann from ZenDIS and Samuel Paccoud from DINUN about collaboration in #OpenSource across borders. Sounds really promising! One result is a collaborative Note talking tool with Markdown export:

https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr

Favourite moment @FOSSBackstage als @sampaccoud und @lea_bei live ihr deutsch-französisches Text-Editor-Tool vorstellen und auf ihrer Slide einen QR-Code zeigen und wir live auf dem Bildschirm sehen können, wie das Publikum im Saal anfängt, das Dokument zu editieren ("Ohai!", "funktioniert!")

I have really enjoyed yesterday at the #fossbackstage. in the afternoon, my attention span was really dim so I took the chance to get some coffee and enjoy the sun while connecting to some of the people at the conference. In my experience talking to other attendees at conferences is just as important as listening to talks.

So we talked a little bit about Open Source and politics and I especially enjoyed my conversation with people from Siemens about their #InnerSource journey.