How to Participate with the Linux Community (LF205) - Course Outline

1. Introduction to the kernel development community
   • The role of the kernel
   • Where kernel code comes from
   • Some statistics on kernel development
2. Why contribute to the kernel?
   • Reasons for companies to develop kernel code and get it upstream
3. Licensing
   • The legal aspects to kernel development
4. Overall principles of kernel development
   • Things developers and their managers need to keep in mind (Illustrated by success and failure stories)
5. Kernel contribution mechanics
   • How code gets from developers to users
   • Subsystem trees and linux-next
   • The review process
6. Practical suggestions 1: process interaction
   • What to do, what to avoid, for a good experience
7. Practical suggestions 2: code development
   • Some technical suggestions on writing acceptable code
8. Information sources
   • How to stay on top of kernel development
9. Conclusion and questions

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