What open source governance models are available?
open sourceIf you are looking for an open source governance model, there are two resources to explore. Red Hat has published the Project and Community Governance Guidebook …
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How Open Source Communities Work
gnome open sourceSeveral happenings over the weekend are case studies in how open source software communities work. The Dev Behind a Hugely Popular GNOME Extension Just Quit …
Read more →Why People Don't Contribute to Your Open Source Project
open sourceI just listened to Mike McQuaid’s FOSDEM talk, Why People Don’t Contribute to Your Open Source Project. Â If you are interested in communities and …
Read more →How "I am Groot" defines a community manager's role
open sourceI was watching Guardians of the Galaxy, Part 2 and I realized that while baby Groot was making me laugh, it was Rocket that I understood. Rocket is an …
Read more →10 Ways Community Managers Make Sure Projects are Healthy
open sourceCommunity managers must make sure their projects are healthy. Before they can help foster and grow a community, they have to make sure it’s a well …
Read more →3 ways open source software communities could learn from Crossfit
open source[caption id=“attachment_2207” align=“alignleft” width=“300”] Photo by Anthony Topper.[/caption] This week I am participating …
Read more →8 ways companies have influenced open source software
open sourceA decade ago, I researched and gave a talk called Would you do it again for free? If you worked on an open source software project for free, and a company …
Read more →Our World Depends on Unseen Labor: Open Source Software
open sourceOur digital infrastructure is all open source. It’s built and maintained by a relatively small community of open source software developers. Right now the …
Read more →What's in a good developer relations plan?
developer relations open source technical evangelismDeveloper relations is the combination of activities, programs and tactics to get developers using or developing for your organization’s product or …
Read more →The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of why I don't always work in the open
mozilla open source PlanetGNOMEI was writing a post about why you must work in the open to get more volunteers and I ended up writing this post about why I don’t work in the open. The …
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