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Understand the method and rationale for launching an open source project

Explore best practices and insights for running an open source project

Leverage open source projects to advance your career

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Open source is ubiquitous in our society, with countless existing projects, and new ones emerging every day. It follows a "scratch-your-own-itch" model where contributors and maintainers drive the project forward. Through Open Source Projects - Beyond Code, you'll learn what it takes to develop a successful, scalable, and sustainable open source project. In this book, you’ll explore the full life cycle of open source projects, from inception, through launch, to maturity, and then discover how to sunset an open source project responsibly. Along the way, you’ll learn the concepts of licensing, governance, community building, ecosystem management, and growing maintainers and contributors, as well as understand how other open source projects have been successful or might have struggled in some areas. You can use this book as an end-to-end guide or reference material for the future. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to accelerate your career in open source. Your newly acquired skills will help you stay ahead of the curve even with the ever-evolving nature of technology.

What you will learn

Explore what is open source and how you can use it to accelerate your career

Start an open source project while exploring its key considerations

Grow, support, and manage a vast community of developers and users

Build and maintain a mature and sustainable project

Enable mass users and developers to downstream productization and outreach

Use open source as a portfolio to build your career

Understand when to end a project and conduct it responsibly

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Dark_Alex Jun 04, 2023

As an open-source project contributor myself, I wish I could read this book earlier in my career. Great introduction and helpful examples, recommendations, and thoughts were given in this book could definitely make my early involvement in open-source projects more smoothly and avoid some of the unnecessary mistakes along the way.It is also very useful that some topics were covered in this book, such as dealing with conflict, how to grow the project and how you would like to commercialize or sunset your project at some point. Overall, this book provides valuable knowledges and inputs based on author's experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who wish to contribute to or start your own open-source projects.

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P Oswal Aug 18, 2023

Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to start, join, or improve an open source project. The book covers topics such as project vision, governance, community building, licensing, funding, and sustainability. The author, an experienced open source contributor and maintainer, shares their insight and best practices based on real-world examples and case studies. The book is not only about the technical aspects of open source development, but also about the human and social factors that make open source projects successful. The book is written in a clear and engaging style, with practical tips and exercises to help readers apply the concepts to their own projects. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, a developer or a manager, a hobbyist or a professional, this book will help you navigate the complex and rewarding world of open source projects. I was provided a free copy of this book via Packt Publishing, and I would like to thank them for the opportunity to review the materials of this book.

Madelyn Olson Jul 12, 2023

I help run very popular open source project and was glad I took the time to read it through this book. It had a lot of useful nuggets of information across project lifecycles that I found exceptionally useful. The section about how to avoid burning out as maintainer would have been very useful to read during the pandemic, but I'm glad I got around to it now.The highlight for me were the sections about aligning business interests with open-source projects. This is an area I have a lot of trouble with, as someone who frequently needs to balance the needs of my employer and the open-source project that I work on. I have often had trouble explaining to my businesses leaders the importance of having other engineers spend time working on the projects we build products on top of, since the strategic importance seems obvious to me. John does a great job of breaking down the various ways that companies can get value out of open source in a way that helped me apply it my own situation.As a whole, the book has been a great resource for me and I'll definitely revisit it as I continue to work in the open-source community. I would definitely recommend it for others looking to get involved in open-source projects as well as individuals trying to learn how to get their business into contributing or supporting open-source projects.

Dario Laverde Jul 15, 2023

This book is a comprehensive outline of all the main topics regarding open source projects, from licensing and IP management to managing and scaling projects, even when to sunset a project. The author clearly explains the answers to most questions his audience will have on the topic in a way that will make it work well as a general reference with in depth explanations and examples.Highlights include how to align business value with open source and the commercialization of open source projects. Whether it's employers or investors that you need to convince, having this volume to reference would be valuable. It's just the right length to be a go-to book as a refresher for those experienced with open source projects or beginners just starting out. It should be within arm's reach for anyone working seriously with open source.

Andy Maltz Jul 19, 2023

Having been involved in open source projects for some time, I didn't expect to learn much by reading this book, but I was pleasantly surprised - the author provides a soup-to-nuts description of open source as a project framework, movement, business enhancer, talent development program, community-builder, and more in a very readable and conversational style. The contextual history and human interest aspects were fascinating, and the author's own personal stories made the book relatable and that much more interesting.A valuable resource for engineers, managers, and C-levels alike.

Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects

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