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Contribution A-Z

Robert Ackland

Technology Manager

Symbian Foundation

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Contents

Why contribute?

What can I contribute?

How do I contribute?

 

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Big effort from

one company

Little resource to

focus on

differentiation and

innovation

The stuff you just need...

Closed

Source

Why Contribute: Basic Principle

Small efforts from

lots of companies

Adopters focus

on

differentiation

and innovation

The cool stuff...

Open

Source

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Why Contribute:

 

the platform...

...which gets

included in phones

...that are ranged by

global operators ...and used by

millions

The Network Effect

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Why Contribute: Concrete reasons

Fixing a long-standing or blocking bug

Service or Advertising Business Model

Reducing legacy support costs

 “ ” 

Enabling a new technology

Collaborative Innovation

Technology Showcase  “Strategic” reasons

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What can I contribute?

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MembersMember Contribution

Agreement

 

Member Contribution

Agreement

How do I Contribute: Paperwork...

Non-Members

 

(Members only) EPL Packages(Open Source)Migration

Non-Member ContributionAgreement Eclipse Public

Licence

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Fix

How do I Contribute: Process model

Innovation

Extension

Enhancement

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How do I Contribute: Simple changes

Speak to the community &

the package owner

Track your contribution inthe Symbian bug tracker

Submit you fix orenhancement to the

Symbian Repositories

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How do I Contribute: BIG Changes

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I want to start a

Symbian innovationProject

Is my idea alreadyqualified?

Yes

No

 

Assign ProjectOwnership &

Develop PlansIncubate

How do I Contribute: Unbounded changes

Submit to theSymbian Ideas site

Promote your idea to

get communitySupport

Iterate based onCommunity Feedback

• Charter• Leader• Team

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ProgressDesign

Ideation

Project Initiation

Review

1 Month

NoProgress

Build

Verify

Incubation

Graduation• Wiki

• Forum

• Mailing List

• IP Guidelines

• Feature Code Line

• Communit Mentor

(Self Nomination)

How do I Contribute: Unbounded changes

Annual ProjectReview

Document

Inactive

TerminationNotification

Termination

90 days

Active

 

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Graduation(Self Nomination)

I would like my SymbianInnovation Project tobecome part of the

platform

Platform ExtensionProcess

Accept

RejectSymbianPlatform

How do I Contribute: Unbounded changes

My Symbian InnovationProject should be optional

to users of the platform

Platform AccessoryApplication

Incubation

SymbianAccessory

You can choose to maintain or evolve

you Symbian Accessory by continuingto incubate your Symbian Innovation

Project

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