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Producing Open Source SoftwareHow to Run a Successful Free Software Projectby Karl Fogel |
Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software. The book is released under an open copyright: it is available in bookstores and from the publisher (O'Reilly Media), or you can browse or download it here.
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Special thanks to CollabNet for its extensive support in the writing of this book.
As the open source community continues to clamor for more companies to open source their code, more and more executives are asking themselves just what open source can do for their company. There are a number of ways for a company to open source an internal project: from tossing code over the wall on the one hand to running a fully open development project on the other to any combination of the two. This talk will discuss the costs and benefits associated with each method as well as how to successfully launch your new open source project. Given as a Google Tech Talk.
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. Given as a Google Tech Talk.
A presentation on principles by which corporations and other organizations can successfully participate in "open-information communities" — communities collaborating around shared, non-monopolized information. Given as a keynote at the Fujitsu Labs of America Technology Symposium (FLATS) 2007.
A "...10-20 minute podcast where Ben and Fitz answer your
questions about open source software development, collaborative
software development tools, and the problems that inevitably arise
when you try to write software with other people."
They take listener-submitted questions.
Meet the translators:
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