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Open Source Projects - Beyond Code

You're reading from   Open Source Projects - Beyond Code A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837636884
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Ready to Go Open Source FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: The Whats and Whys of Open Source 3. Chapter 2: What Makes a Good Open Source Project? 4. Chapter 3: Open Source License and IP Management 5. Chapter 4: Aligning the Business Value of Open Source for Your Employer 6. Chapter 5: Governance and Hosting Models 7. Part 2: Running an Open Source Project
8. Chapter 6: Making Your Project Feel Welcoming 9. Chapter 7: Growing Contributors to Maintainers 10. Chapter 8: Dealing with Conflict 11. Chapter 9: Handling Growth 12. Part 3: Building and Scaling Open Source Ecosystems
13. Chapter 10: Commercialization of Open Source 14. Chapter 11: Open Source and the Talent Ecosystem 15. Chapter 12: Marketing for Open Source – Advocacy and Outreach 16. Chapter 13: Transitioning Leadership 17. Chapter 14: Sunsetting an Open Source Project 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

What Makes a Good Open Source Project?

We talked in Chapter 1, The Whats and Whys of Open Source, about the whats and whys of open source and looked a bit at the how in the context of existing open source projects. In this chapter, we will look at what makes a good open source project. We will look at some of the key characteristics of what a good open source project looks like, some of the pitfalls I’ve seen when open source projects aren’t created with the idea of building community, and, finally, some patterns and anti-patterns for open source projects.

The concept of a good open source project is by no means a trivial one. I get asked this question routinely, usually in a conversation that goes something like this:

Person: “So, how does my project compare to other projects you work with?”

Me: “Well, that’s a hard comparison to make.”

Person: “Why is that?”

Me: “Each project is different; different...

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