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Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
by: Karl Fogel

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
EAN: 9780596007591
ISBN: 0596007590
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 302
Publication Date: October 07, 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Sales Rank: 296583

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Destined to become a classic
This book is excellent, for the following reasons.

1. It provides a lot of very useful, non-obvious advice that I don't think is available in other books. At least, I have read 5 or 6 other books on open-source software, and none of them cover much of the material in this book.

2. The writing style is clear and conversational, which makes it easy to read.

3. The book is short, which makes a welcome change from the bloated 800+ page books that are so common in the computer industry.

I am currently writing some software that I hope to release under an open-source license. I am confident that I have sufficient skills to write the software and even document it. However, there is much more to releasing ... Read More:

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- Excellent guide for open source maintainers and contributors
Karl Fogel does a fantastic job of covering everything you need to know about open source projects. It contains everything you need to know about contributing to an open source projects: how to interact with other contributors, working with version control, contributing code, etc. He also provides an excellent guide for running an open source project. The book covers a great deal of ground, giving excellent advice on a wide range of topics: selecting a license; maintaining a mailing list, defect tracking system and version control repository; providing a website; interacting with committers; dealing with technical people; gathering consensus; and understanding important project management concepts. Karl is a veteran of several highly visible ... Read More:

Rating:

- Excellent guide for open source contributors and maintainers
Karl Fogel does a fantastic job of covering everything you need to know about open source projects. It contains everything you need to know about contributing to an open source projects: how to interact with other contributors, working with version control, contributing code, etc. He also provides an excellent guide for running an open source project. The book covers a great deal of ground, giving excellent advice on a wide range of topics: selecting a license; maintaining a mailing list, defect tracking system and version control repository; providing a website; interacting with committers; dealing with technical people; gathering consensus; and understanding important project management concepts. Karl is a veteran of several highly visible ... Read More:

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