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               Producing Open Source Software

Order POSS     How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
from the
publisher      by Karl Fogel

               (Consulting: Open Tech Strategies, LLC)

 
               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.

Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open
source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the
expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free
software. The book is released under an open copyright. You can buy
it in bookstores, order copies from O'Reilly Media, or browse and
download it here.

     English            Translations              Bonus Tracks
                     * Learn more / join a
                       translation team.
                     * Dansk / Danish
                       HTML, off-site HTML

                     * Zhong Wen  (Jian Ti Zi ) /
                       Chinese
                       HTML, EPUB

                     * cestina / Czech
                       off-site PDF

                     * Deutsch / German
                       German
                       translation -- draft
  * Web (fast)         complete
                       HTML, EPUB
  * Web 
    (one big page)   * Ri Ben Yu Ban  (2009Nian 7Yue    * Reviews
                       25Ri Chu Ban ) (sapoto
  * PDF (Letter)       pezi) / Japanese    * Version control access
                       Japanese
  * PDF (A4)           translation; you      * Other writings by Karl
                       can order printed       Fogel
  * PDF (B5)           copies; see also 
                       amazon.co.jp          * BibTeX entry
  * PDF (C5)           HTML, EPUB
                                             * Video presentations
  * All (bundled)    * 
                       Francais / French     * August 2016 two-part
  * RocketBook         commander;              interview with
                       interview en            "Request For Commits"
  * EPUB               francais / in           podcast at
                       English                 Changelog.com:
  * Order print        Livre / Wiki            RFC interview, Part 1
    copies of v1                               RFC interview, Part 2
    (O'Reilly        * Italiano / Italian
    Media)
                     * Espanol / Spanish

                     * Nederlands (2009/07
                       ) / Dutch
                       Dutch translation;
                       published July 2009
                       HTML

                     * Galego / Galician

                     * Persian
                       Chapter 1  HTML, 
                       Styled HTML

                     * Other translations
                       in progress...

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

Video Presentations:

Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick, presenting
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.

    Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick, presenting
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too)
    Ben-Collins Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick

    Every open source project runs into people who are selfish,
    uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently
    poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn
    how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before
    they derail your project. Told through a series of (often
    amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences. Given as a Google
    Tech Talk.

    Karl Fogel presenting
Principles of Participation for Open-Information Communities
    Karl Fogel

    Transcript: OpenOffice (ODT), PDF, MS-Word (DOC)
    Slides: OpenOffice ODP, PDF, PowerPoint, HTML
    A presentation on principles by which corporations and other
    organizations can successfully participate in "open-information
    communities" -- communities collaborating around shared,
    non-monopolized information. Given as a keynote at the Fujitsu
    Labs of America Technology Symposium (FLATS) 2007.

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