Producing Open Source Software – 2nd edition

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How to Run a Successful Free Software Project

by Karl Fogel

2020-08-14:
The 2nd Edition rewrite is finished and is all online below.
Thanks to all the backers of the campaign that funded the rewrite!
I'm doing a copy-editing and minor-improvements pass before sending it to the printer, for the reasons given in this update.

Special thanks to CollabNet for its extensive support in the writing of this book.

Video Presentations:

What's In It for Me? How Your Company Can Benefit from Open Sourcing Code
Ben-Collins Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick

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.

[Thanks to C. Michael Pilato for web site style tweaks.]