- a look at the typical artefacts found in software repos and the infrastructure around them. So from README/LICENSE/CONTRIB through badges in README, to dependabot, etc. As a way to publish to norms and navigate a project
- implicit and explicit norms around bug reporting and pull requests
- project archetypes and maintenance styles, see e.g. Nadia Eghbal book.
- primer on different licences and their intent
@mhoye
- how to work in public and how it can go wrong
- forking, as a process for contribution but also as a means of exercising rights
- discussion of different forms of contribution
...are the things that spring to mind.