Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects

Accelerate your career and make an impact by launching and running a successful open source project. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features
Understand the method and rationale for launching an open source project
Explore best practices and insights for running an open source project
Leverage open source projects to advance your career
Book Description
Open source is ubiquitous in our society, with countless existing projects, and new ones emerging every day. It follows a "scratch-your-own-itch" model where contributors and maintainers drive the project forward. Through Open Source Projects - Beyond Code, you'll learn what it takes to develop a successful, scalable, and sustainable open source project. In this book, you'll explore the full life cycle of open source projects, from inception, through launch, to maturity, and then discover how to sunset an open source project responsibly. Along the way, you'll learn the concepts of licensing, governance, community building, ecosystem management, and growing maintainers and contributors, as well as understand how other open source projects have been successful or might have struggled in some areas. You can use this book as an end-to-end guide or reference material for the future. By the end of this book, you'll be able to accelerate your career in open source. Your newly acquired skills will help you stay ahead of the curve even with the ever-evolving nature of technology.

What you will learn
Explore what is open source and how you can use it to accelerate your career
Start an open source project while exploring its key considerations
Grow, support, and manage a vast community of developers and users
Build and maintain a mature and sustainable project
Enable mass users and developers to downstream productization and outreach
Use open source as a portfolio to build your career
Understand when to end a project and conduct it responsibly
Who this book is for
This book is for software developers, product managers, project managers, business leaders, or general enthusiasts looking to start an open source project or currently maintaining one.

Table of Contents
The Whats and Whys of Open Source
What Makes a Good Open Source Project?
Open Source License and IP Management
Aligning the Business Value of Open Source for Your Employer
Governance and Hosting Models
Making Your Project Feel Welcoming
Growing Contributors to Maintainers
Dealing with Conflict
Handling Growth
Commercialization of Open Source
Open Source and the Talent Ecosystem
Marketing for Open Source - Advocacy and Outreach
Transitioning Leadership
Sunsetting an Open Source Project