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How to Contribute to the Linux Kernel, and Why it Makes Economic Sense

James Bottomley, Novell

The Linux Kernel today is recognised as one of the most valuable commodity resources freely available to industry. However, getting value out of the kernel for a specific industrial situation often involves putting value in (at least in terms of time commitments and possibly code from engineers). This talk will discuss (with examples) why sending contributions upstream makes economic sense, how contribute most efficiently, and how to make a contribution which benefits both the general kernel (to make it acceptable) as well as your specific industrial situation. This talk will include some technical details, but should be at a high enough level to appeal both to managers and developers at companies considering (or adopting) an open source strategy.