[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.42,0:00:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey there. Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.29,0:00:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Sumana Harihareswara Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.16,0:00:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am the project manager\Nfor the Python Package Index. Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.63,0:00:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the time that I was a child,\NI've been very interested in Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.65,0:00:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community organizing,\Nempowering other people, Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.53,0:00:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure that there's\Nnothing about us without us. Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.53,0:00:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I found out about\Nfree and open source software, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.37,0:00:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, 'yeah!\NThis is the way forward.' Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.36,0:00:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially, the Python Package Index is\Ncore infrastructure Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.90,0:00:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a huge chunk of\Nthe computing industry. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.20,0:00:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the time,\Nwhen people write software, Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.36,0:00:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't write everything from scratch. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.04,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We basically borrow and duplicate\Nstuff that other people have done. Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.61,0:00:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is part of the magic of\Nfree and open-source software, Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.49,0:00:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's part of how\Nthe internet, Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.17,0:00:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of the technology\Nyou use, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.80,0:00:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been built. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.05,0:00:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really useful to have\Na single website, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.21,0:00:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Python Package Index,\Nthat's a one-stop shop Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.81,0:01:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of the open-source Python code\Nthat you might want to reuse. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.11,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Python Package Index got popular\Nbefore the code got good. Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting a few years ago, \Nsome people thought, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'all right, we need a rewrite.' Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteers started it.\NBut volunteers, working on Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.04,0:01:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unpredictable schedules -- it wasn't\Nworking. We knew that we needed help. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.74,0:01:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed MONEY! [laugh] Okay. Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.46,0:01:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed funding\Nin order to get Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.82,0:01:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this piece of core\Ninfrastructure deployed. Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.17,0:01:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody was just giving us\Nmoney for that. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.20,0:01:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard about MOSS and realized\Nthat we were potentially a good candidate Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.05,0:01:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to apply for a MOSS award.\NIt's interesting how MOSS is Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.44,0:01:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of a hidden gem,\Nthat not nearly enough people have Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.92,0:01:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heard of who would benefit from it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.86,0:01:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mozilla Open Source Support program\Nis a fantastic way to get funding Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.77,0:01:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an organization that understands\Nwhy what you do is important. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.84,0:01:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the MOSS award, Python would be\Nimmeasurably worse off right now. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.42,0:02:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The MOSS Award is what enabled\Nthe Python Package Index Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.38,0:02:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to launch and move into production. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.51,0:02:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)