Name: Producing Open Source Software
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Author: Karl Fogel
ISBN: 9780596007591

Producing Open Source Software

Karl Fogel

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2005

Suitable for developers starting their own free software projects, or those who want to participate in the process, this guide offers several steps to help you manage the process of developing free software. It covers such topics as project management, developer motivation, technical infrastructure to support collaboration, and project promotion.

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Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Why Write This Book?; Who Should Read This Book?; How to Use This Book; Sources; Conventions; Comments and Questions; Safari Enabled; Acknowledgments; Disclaimer; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 History; 1.2 The Situation Today; Chapter 2: Getting Started; 2.1 First, Look Around; 2.2 Starting from What You Have; 2.3 Choosing a License and Applying It; 2.4 Setting the Tone; 2.5 Announcing; Chapter 3: Technical Infrastructure; 3.1 What a Project Needs; 3.2 Mailing Lists; 3.3 Version Control; 3.4 Bug Tracker; 3.5 IRC/Real-Time Chat Systems; 3.6 Wikis; 3.7 Web Site; Chapter 4: Social and Political Infrastructure; 4.1 Forkability; 4.2 Benevolent Dictators; 4.3 Consensus-Based Democracy; 4.4 Writing It All Down; Chapter 5: Money; 5.1 Types of Involvement; 5.2 Hire for the Long Term; 5.3 Appear as Many, Not as One; 5.4 Be Open About Your Motivations; 5.5 Money Can't Buy You Love; 5.6 Contracting; 5.7 Funding Non-Programming Activities; 5.8 Marketing; Chapter 6: Communications; 6.1 You Are What You Write; 6.2 Avoiding Common Pitfalls; 6.3 Difficult People; 6.4 Handling Growth; 6.5 No Conversations in the Bug Tracker; 6.6 Publicity; Chapter 7: Packaging, Releasing, and Daily Development; 7.1 Release Numbering; 7.2 Release Branches; 7.3 Stabilizing a Release; 7.4 Packaging; 7.5 Testing and Releasing; 7.6 Maintaining Multiple Release Lines; 7.7 Releases and Daily Development; Chapter 8: Managing Volunteers; 8.1 Getting the Most Out of Volunteers; 8.2 Share Management Tasks as Well as Technical Tasks; 8.3 Transitions; 8.4 Committers; 8.5 Credit; 8.6 Forks; Chapter 9: Licenses, Copyrights, and Patents; 9.1 Terminology; 9.2 Aspects of Licenses; 9.3 The GPL and License Compatibility; 9.4 Choosing a License; 9.5 Copyright Assignment and Ownership; 9.6 Dual Licensing Schemes; 9.7 Patents; 9.8 Further Resources; Appendix A: Free Version Control Systems; A.1 Subversion; A.2 SVK; A.3 Arch; A.4 monotone; A.5 Codeville; A.6 Vesta; A.7 Darcs; A.8 Aegis; A.9 CVSNT; A.10 Meta-CVS; A.11 OpenCM; A.12 Stellation; A.13 PRCS; A.14 Bazaar; A.15 Bazaar-NG; A.16 ArX; A.17 SourceJammer; A.18 FastCST; A.19 GIT; A.20 Superversion; Appendix B: Free Bug Trackers; B.1 Bugzilla; B.2 GNATS; B.3 RT; B.4 Trac; B.5 Roundup; B.6 Mantis; B.7 Scarab; B.8 DBTS; B.9 Trouble-Ticket Trackers; B.10 BTT; Appendix C: Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?; Appendix D: Example Instructions for Reporting Bugs; Colophon;