Operationalizing Open Source Projects: When the Rubber Meets the Road

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Launch checklist with concrete choices: pick an OSI license, add SPDX tags and copyright headers, run license scans (Fossology or equivalent), and enforce DCO vs CLA provenance on commits. Stand up GitHub/GitLab CI/CD with build servers, linting, unit tests and release artifacts, and document a private security disclosure channel plus CVE workflow. Define governance (governing board, TSC, working groups), budget for infrastructure/events/certification, aim for CII badging, and upstream dependency fixes instead of long‑lived forks.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:25Introduction
3. 3:21Open Source Strategic Impact
4. 4:05Open Source Journey - First Came Projects
5. 4:44Building successful open collaboration ecosystems usually comes down to 4 core factors
6. 5:51Building large, sustainable ecosystems require collective resources
7. 7:23S Key Project focus Areas
8. 8:05Sample Governance Structure
9. 10:15Checklist: Governance/Technical CH Considerations
10. 10:27Checklist: Governance/Technical Considerations
11. 12:08Checklist: Financial considerations
12. 15:04Please choose a license... or it's not Open Source!
13. 16:15Use appropriate copyright notices
14. 17:07Get a Cll Best Practices Badge
15. 17:54Security Disclosure Process
16. 19:00Benefits of Upstreaming
17. 19:41Get involved with C/CD: A typical workflow
18. 20:31Checklist: Reviewers and Submitters - General
19. 21:09Checklist: Reviewers and Submitters . Code
20. 24:37There are lots of ways to get involved!
21. 25:41Let the world know of your project's successes and efforts - marketing matters
22. 26:43Checklist: Project Preparation
23. 27:09Learn from Peers: TODO Group

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