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Be a Good
Corporate Citizen
in Kubernetes
KubeCon EU 2020
Dr. Dawn M. Foster
Director of OSS Community Strategy
fosterd@vmware.com fastwonderblog.com
Open Source at VMware @vmwopensource
blogs.vmware.com/opensource
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• Geek, traveler, reader
• 20+ yr tech career focused on
community & open source
(Intel, Puppet, Scale Factory, …)
• PhD from the University of Greenwich
focus on Linux kernel collaboration
• OpenUK Board, CHAOSS Board and
Maintainer, Bitergia Advisory Board
• Kubernetes contributor & CNCF
Contributor Strategy SIGPhotos by Mom, Josh Bancroft, Don Park
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Collaboration in Kubernetes:
individuals, employers, and
communities
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Steering Committee
SIG/WG* Leads
Subproject Leads
Approver / Reviewer
Org Member
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Kubernetes, a Community of Individuals
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https://github.com/kubernetes/community
* Special Interest Group / Working Group
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Employees contribute
Recruiting
Resources
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Employers
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Align with business goals
Execs understand importance
Employees see their impact
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Strategy
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Finding the right people
Grow vs. hire
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Who do you need?
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Contributing to
Kubernetes as a
Good Corporate Citizen
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Join
Read the docs
Lurk & understand
Start small
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Getting Started in a SIG / WG
https://github.com/kubernetes/community
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Avoid getting defensive
May need to iterate
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Learn from Feedback
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Discuss changes
Early and often
Lack of control
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Work with the Kubernetes Community
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Grow the next wave
of contributors
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Sponsorship and Mentoring
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KubeCon
Contributor Summit
Get to know people
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Relationships
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Reduces your overhead
Benefits the community
Right thing to do
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Upstream your Patches
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Distribution > Centralization
Inclusive > Exclusive
Evolution > Stagnation
Community > Company
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Kubernetes Community Values
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https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/values.md