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Is cncf/foundation beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, cncf/foundation merged 17 of 22 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 1 beginner-friendly issue is open now.

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How to contribute to cncf/foundation

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Pick the open beginner-friendly issue below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • [License Exception Request] Hive / BlueOak-1.0.0 (minimatch)
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/foundation#1552 ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Cozystack] [GPL-3.0-only] LINSTOR server (patched build in piraeus-server image)
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#1542 ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Cozystack] [MPL-2.0] Sidero Labs Go libraries statically linked into talm
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    cncf/foundation#1541 · 1 comment ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Cozystack] [MPL-2.0] Talos bootstrap provider (CABPT) manifests and Talos Linux images
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#1539 ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [OpenShell] [Unicode-3.0 build dependency]
    May be free again @krook claimed this 33 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing needs-review

    cncf/foundation#1518 · 2 comments · 3 assignees ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [OpenShell] [Unicode-3.0, CC0-1.0, CDLA-Permissive-2.0]
    May be free again @krook claimed this 33 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing needs-review

    cncf/foundation#1517 · 1 comment · 3 assignees ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Cozystack] [MPL-2.0] Vendored unmodified RabbitMQ operator manifests and OpenBao Helm chart
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    cncf/foundation#1466 ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Cozystack] Percona MongoDB operator (Apache-2.0) with SSPL-1.0 deploy-time payload — permitted-interaction confirmation
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#1465 ·

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  • [License Exception Request] Prometheus/OpenTelemetry MPL-2.0 (hashicorp/nomad/api)
    May be free again @krook claimed this 94 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing needs-review

    cncf/foundation#1454 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · 3 assignees ·

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  • [License Exception Request] Prometheus / BlueOak-1.0.0
    May be free again @krook claimed this 111 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing needs-review

    cncf/foundation#1434 · 3 comments · 3 assignees ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Keycloak] [GPL-2.0+CE]
    May be free again @krook claimed this 123 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing needs-review

    cncf/foundation#1424 · 15 comments · 3 assignees ·

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  • Create a page to feature all successful mentees
    May be free again @nate-double-u claimed this 165 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#1387 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add a script to detect broken links in Markdown documentation
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    cncf/foundation#1331 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Clarifying a CNCF-Wide AI Contribution Policy for Projects?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    cncf/foundation#1285 · 33 comments · 6 reactions ·

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  • Please don't use GitHub Org Announcements for KubeCon/Event Promotion
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#1178 · 1 comment · 4 reactions ·

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  • Add zh-tw.md to code-of-conduct-languages folder
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

    cncf/foundation#1173 ·

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  • QR Code generator for CNCF Projects
    May be free again @dipak0000812 claimed this 271 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#1123 · 2 comments ·

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  • Audit CNCF project related Slack instances
    May be free again @krook claimed this 409 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#1114 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

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  • code-of-conduct.md: version number is not bumped up since v1.3 (2023-06-09)
    May be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

    cncf/foundation#1109 · 1 comment ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [SOPS] [MPL-2.0 + CC BY 4.0]
    May be free again @krook claimed this 415 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing

    cncf/foundation#1107 · 1 comment · 3 assignees ·

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  • [License Exception Request] [Kaito] [LGPL-2.1, LGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0]
    May be free again @krook claimed this 458 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    licensing

    cncf/foundation#1067 · 13 comments · 3 assignees ·

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  • Non-Code Permitted Licenses Clarification
    May be free again @joannalee333 claimed this 453 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#1066 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Slack and Slack alternatives (link to the discussion thread)
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 30/100

    cncf/foundation#1054 ·

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  • Further Question about usage of AI-assisted coding tools
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/foundation#936 ·

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  • Update CNCF Social Media Guidelines to be broader
    May be free again @k8tgreenley claimed this 691 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#895 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

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  • Review CNCF project names for trademark compliance
    May be free again @krook claimed this 691 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#894 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

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  • OpenEBS - Donation Document
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#784 · 1 comment ·

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  • Copyright Ownership with Bot-contributed code (translations)
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#740 · 2 reactions ·

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  • CodeOfConduct.md for Nepali
    May be free again @AmanKumar6603 claimed this 1006 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#699 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Unable to add selection of events from CNCF calendar
    May be free again @castrojo claimed this 892 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#693 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

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  • Request: Update Services page with places for requesting services
    May be free again @jeefy claimed this 824 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#611 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add a length of each online programs types into Online Programs Guidelines v1.0
    May be free again @rarjun7777 claimed this 1138 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 50/100

    cncf/foundation#610 · 4 comments ·

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  • Please provide a place to list CNCF project community meetings without hosting them
    May be free again @k8tgreenley claimed this 1097 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#606 · 6 comments · 2 assignees ·

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  • Interest Check: mastodon.cncf.io?
    May be free again @austinlparker claimed this 1430 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#451 · 13 comments · 7 reactions ·

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  • Please consider defining what a "maintainer" is, perhaps using a different word, and document any cap on the number.
    May be free again @rarjun7777 claimed this 1138 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#433 · 3 comments · 7 reactions ·

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  • Updating Export Control Guidance
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#290 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Register CNCF as persistent identifier namespace on the Web
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

    cncf/foundation#281 ·

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  • Update CNCF Code of Conduct to reflect latest CC 2.0 version
    May be free again @caniszczyk claimed this 1917 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    cncf/foundation#160 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee ·

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  • Consider creating a multi-project CoC committee
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/foundation#117 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Chinese translation for style guide?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    cncf/foundation#37 · 1 reaction ·

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  • short license identifiers
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    cncf/foundation#6 · 1 comment ·

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