Presentation: Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS): Open Source for Fun and Profit

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These are the slides from a talk done at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) at Seneca College in Toronto. The attendance was overwhelming with several people standing at the back of the room.
The talk is titled: Open Source for Fun and Profit: making a career out of FOSS, and draws heavily from Khalid's experiences in the Drupal community.

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