Create /opensource page

[18f]

Create /opensource page

[gbinal]

@quepol @konklone @leahbannon @rjmajma @NoahKunin @jroo @arowla @ultrasaurus @aaronsnow

Picking this up now that we're ready.

If you're wondering what any other such pages look like, check out the hubs listed here.

[ultrasaurus]

should this be /developer or just linked from there?

[konklone]

I think /developer will be separate, the Developer program @gbinal is working on.

[gbinal]

Yep - @konklone is right. The two should link to each other but I'll follow up more on the /developer page thread in issue #77.

[gbinal]

Picking this up - if the full listing of our repos is causing headaches, perhaps we instead only have a hand-curated list of the projects we most want to invite opensource collaboration.

This can be something that allows a more developer-inviting description, including specific invitations for outside collaboration. I think we could get a v1 of this up very quickly and the projects that are in a place to do justice to outside involvement would need to step up and actually articulate that invitation. @konklone, @leahbannon, others - thoughts?

[gbinal]

Actually - a question that comes to mind is how/whether this conflicts with 18f.github.io. My comment above was in part forgetting that these two might not be the same. But maybe they should be.

18F/18f.github.io#2

[konklone]

Right now, it does conflict with 18f.github.io.

I remain of the opinion that our actual GitHub.com org page is the right place to have a list of everything, and that the value to having our own stylized open source face is curation and thoughtful presentation. My favorite example is http://cfpb.github.io. It doesn't matter what domain it's at, but that's the sort of thing I'd love to see.

[gbinal]

I'm on the same page.

I'd started this issue before the 18f.github.io conversation took off. My inclination is to close this issue in deference to 18F/18f.github.io#2 and focus our efforts there. @konklone, @ultrasaurus - any problems with that?

[gbinal]

Going ahead and closing but can reopen if anyone feels strongly.