# You are not good enough (for Open Source) > A segment of the talk I gave at NAU on why you should contribute to Open Source and why you think you can't. Original idea credited to Matt S. Trout. Update… A segment of the talk I gave at NAU on why you should contribute to Open Source and why you think you can't. Original idea credited to Matt S. Trout. Updated 11/05/08 from Matt Trout: [ the version he gave at YAPC-EU 2008]() --- [View this page online](https://www.commandprompt.com/blog/you_are_not_good_enough_for_open_source/)