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Starting An Open Source Project
The document provides tips for starting an open source project, recommending focusing on a clear goal or focus before writing code, choosing an open source license, hosting the code on sites like GitHub to build community, and regularly releasing and documenting the project to stay focused and attract other developers. The summary highlights the key advice around establishing focus, choosing a license, using hosting sites to build a community, and maintaining the project through documentation and releases.
Starting An Open Source Project
- 1. Starting an Open Source Project
- 2. Have an Idea Size doesn't matter
- 3. Focus on Focus It's the only thing that matters
- 4. Set Your Goals Motivationand scope before requirements and code
- 5. Choose a License Open or Free? It affects what code you can use and who can use your code
- 6. Make Some Code Don't start with a seed Start with a sapling...
- 7. Choose a Host GitHub, SourceForge, Codeplex, Google Code It affects your pool of allies and audience of users
- 8. Build Community "Sell" to an Audience Attract Other Developers Avoid Poisonous People
- 9. Stay Focused onFocus Don't Stray From Your Goals Document! Release Regularly
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