Chris DiBona

Chris DiBona is the Open Source Programs Manager for Mountain View, Ca based Google, Inc. His job includes releasing open source software on Google's Code website, which can be found at http://code.google.com. Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor/author for the popular online website slashdot.org and He is an internationally known advocate of open source software and related methodologies. He co-edited the award winning essay compilations "Open Sources" and "Open Sources 2.0" and writes for a great number of publications. He was briefly the Linux guy on TechTV and speaks on a variety of open source issues internationally.

Open Source at Google

In this talk Chris DiBona will dicuss how Google interacts with developers in the open source community with a focus on patching, code release and the Summer of Code. He will also talk about the different APIs that Google has exposed.