Linus Torvalds on git - Linus Torvalds (Linux, git).
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People - Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick (Subversion).
ABSTRACT: Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before they derail your project. Told through a series of (often amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences.
April 19, 2007 Release Management in Large Free Software Projects - Martin Michlmayr (Debian)
ABSTRACT: Time based releases are made according to a specific time interval, instead of making a release when a particular functionality or set of features have been implemented. This talk argues that time based release management acts as an effective coordination mechanism in large volunteer projects and shows examples from seven projects that have moved to time based releases: Debian, GCC, GNOME, Linux, OpenOffice, Plone, and X.org.