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Mozilla has a new “open source experiments” program. Here’s what we’re up to and how you can participate. | Mozilla has a new “open source experiments” program. Here’s what we’re up to and how you can participate. | ||
== What is this? == | |||
For those outside Mozilla, it might be confusing that we’re doing this, considering that Mozilla already has great resources on how to do open collaboration. Check out the [http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/ Working Open Project Guide] for a good example. So what’s new with open source experiments? | For those outside Mozilla, it might be confusing that we’re doing this, considering that Mozilla already has great resources on how to do open collaboration. Check out the [http://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training/ Working Open Project Guide] for a good example. So what’s new with open source experiments? | ||
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Really briefly, we’re making software and we’re doing open source, but mainly trying new ways to do the meta stuff such as tooling, infrastructure, organization, and incentives. Some questions we’re working on now: | Really briefly, we’re making software and we’re doing open source, but mainly trying new ways to do the meta stuff such as tooling, infrastructure, organization, and incentives. Some questions we’re working on now: | ||
* How can C-to-Rust translation help maintainers of old codebases? | * [http://jamey.thesharps.us/2016/12/how-to-translate-large-c-project-to-rust.html How can C-to-Rust translation help maintainers of old codebases?] | ||
* What can sentiment analysis of project discussions predict about contributor engagement in the future? | * [http://sarah.thesharps.us/2016/10/29/measuring-the-impact-of-negative-language-on-foss-participation-part-i/ What can sentiment analysis of project discussions predict about contributor engagement in the future?] | ||
* When people leave or cut back on their open source participation, what do they do instead, and what does that activity do for them that open source isn’t? | * [https://medium.com/@malvikar/incentives-in-open-source-participation-3e0b34a956fa#.tm1wjghc4 When people leave or cut back on their open source participation, what do they do instead, and what does that activity do for them that open source isn’t?] | ||
In the future, we’re interested in finding answers to questions such as... | In the future, we’re interested in finding answers to questions such as... | ||