Producing open source software : how to run a successful free software project / Karl Fogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fogel, Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The corporate market is now embracing free, ""open source"" software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Each is the result of a publicly collaborative process among numerous developers who volunteer their time and energy to create better software. The truth is, however, that the overwhelming majority of free software projects fail. To help you beat the odds, O'Reilly has put together Producing Open Source Software, a guide that recommends tried and true steps to help free software dev

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Getting started

3. Technical infrastructure

4. Social and political infrastructure

5. Money

6. Communications

7. Packaging, releasing, and daily development

8. Managing volunteers

9. Licenses, copyrights, and patents

A. Free version control systems

B. Free bug trackers

C. Why should I care what color the bikeshed is?

D. Example instructions for reporting bugs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596523664

0596523661

9780596552992

0596552998

OCLC:

609841129