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In 2011, making money with free, open source software is commonplace. But Jesse Vincent's story is unusual: he founded Best Practical, one of the first free software businesses, and today also makes money through selling free software in the Android Marketplace.
In 2011, making money with free, open source software is commonplace. But Jesse Vincent's story is unusual: he founded Best Practical, one of the first free software businesses, and today also makes money through selling free software in the Android Marketplace.


=== 3:00 - 3:30: Jeff Mitchell, on the history of the KDE community team ===
=== 3:00 - 3:30: Jeff Mitchell, on communities and the KDE Community Working Group ===


Years ago, amidst internal strife, KDE created the Community Working Group to resolve community issues. Jeff Mitchell has been involved in that group since the early days, and also contributes to free software by contributing code to Amarok and Tomahawk, and system administration generally to KDE.
Years ago, amidst internal strife, KDE created the Community Working Group to resolve community issues. Jeff Mitchell is involved with the CWG as well as other free software activities.


At Software Freedom Day, Jeff will summarize the Community Working Group's activities over the past few years -- how it got started, what troubles it has had, what successes it has had, and the recent plan for a future of proactive community building.
At Software Freedom Day, Jeff will discuss communities, their makeups, and common pitfalls. He'll then discuss the lessons learned from KDE's CWG experience, and how the focus of KDE's CWG has evolved.


=== 3:45 - 4:15: Jessica McKellar, on the Boston Python Workshop ===
=== 3:45 - 4:15: Jessica McKellar, on the Boston Python Workshop ===