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

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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

  1. The Whats and Whys of Open Source
  2. What Makes a Good Open Source Project?
  3. Open Source License and IP Management
  4. Aligning the Business Value of Open Source for Your Employer
  5. Governance and Hosting Models
  6. Making Your Project Feel Welcoming
  7. Growing Contributors to Maintainers
  8. Dealing with Conflict
  9. Handling Growth
  10. Commercialization of Open Source
  11. Open Source and the Talent Ecosystem
  12. Marketing for Open Source – Advocacy and Outreach
  13. Transitioning Leadership
  14. Sunsetting an Open Source Project
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John Mertic is the director of program management for The Linux Foundation. Under his leadership, he has helped ASWF, ODPi, the Open Mainframe Project, and R Consortium accelerate open source innovation and transform industries. John had an open source career spanning two decades, both as a contributor to projects such as SugarCRM and PHP, and in open source leadership roles at SugarCRM, OW2, and OpenSocial. With an extensive open source background, he is a regular speaker at various Linux Foundation events and other industry trade shows each year. John is also an avid writer and has authored two books, The Definitive Guide to SugarCRM: Better Business Applications and Building on SugarCRM, as well as publishing articles on IBM developerWorks, Apple Developer Connection, and PHP Architect.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BY97937R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2023
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1837633852
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #3,276,061 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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John Mertic is a Program Director at the Linux Foundation. Under his leadership, he has helped Academy Software Foundation, LF AI & Data, LF Energy, ODPi, Open Mainframe Project, and R Consortium accelerate open-source innovation and transform industries. John has an open-source career spanning two decades, both as a contributor to projects such as SugarCRM and PHP and in open-source leadership roles at SugarCRM, OW2, and OpenSocial. He has an extensive open-source background and is a regular speaker at various Linux Foundation and other industry trade shows globally. John is also an avid writer and has authored three books: “Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects,” “The Definitive Guide to SugarCRM: Better Business Applications” and “Building on SugarCRM” as well as published articles in numerous technology and open source publications.

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Highly Recommend if you would like to run a successful open-source project
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Highly Recommend if you would like to run a successful open-source project
As an open-source project contributor myself, I wish I could read this book earlier in my career. Great introduction and helpful examples, recommendations, and thoughts were given in this book could definitely make my early involvement in open-source projects more smoothly and avoid some of the unnecessary mistakes along the way. It is also very useful that some topics were covered in this book, such as dealing with conflict, how to grow the project and how you would like to commercialize or sunset your project at some point. Overall, this book provides valuable knowledges and inputs based on author's experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who wish to contribute to or start your own open-source projects.
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  • P Oswal
    5 out of 5 stars
    Very informative book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023
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    Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to start, join, or improve an open source project. The book covers topics such as project vision, governance, community building, licensing, funding, and sustainability. The author, an experienced open source contributor and maintainer, shares their insight and best practices based on real-world examples and case studies. The book is not only about the technical aspects of open source development, but also about the human and social factors that make open source projects successful. The book is written in a clear and engaging style, with practical tips and exercises to help readers apply the concepts to their own projects. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, a developer or a manager, a hobbyist or a professional, this book will help you navigate the complex and rewarding world of open source projects. I was provided a free copy of this book via Packt Publishing, and I would like to thank them for the opportunity to review the materials of this book.

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  • Madelyn Olson
    5 out of 5 stars
    A comprehensive guidebook for building and running open source projects
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
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    I help run very popular open source project and was glad I took the time to read it through this book. It had a lot of useful nuggets of information across project lifecycles that I found exceptionally useful. The section about how to avoid burning out as maintainer would have been very useful to read during the pandemic, but I'm glad I got around to it now.

    The highlight for me were the sections about aligning business interests with open-source projects. This is an area I have a lot of trouble with, as someone who frequently needs to balance the needs of my employer and the open-source project that I work on. I have often had trouble explaining to my businesses leaders the importance of having other engineers spend time working on the projects we build products on top of, since the strategic importance seems obvious to me. John does a great job of breaking down the various ways that companies can get value out of open source in a way that helped me apply it my own situation.

    As a whole, the book has been a great resource for me and I'll definitely revisit it as I continue to work in the open-source community. I would definitely recommend it for others looking to get involved in open-source projects as well as individuals trying to learn how to get their business into contributing or supporting open-source projects.

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  • Dario Laverde
    5 out of 5 stars
    The Definitive Primer and Reference on Open Source
    Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023
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    This book is a comprehensive outline of all the main topics regarding open source projects, from licensing and IP management to managing and scaling projects, even when to sunset a project. The author clearly explains the answers to most questions his audience will have on the topic in a way that will make it work well as a general reference with in depth explanations and examples.

    Highlights include how to align business value with open source and the commercialization of open source projects. Whether it's employers or investors that you need to convince, having this volume to reference would be valuable. It's just the right length to be a go-to book as a refresher for those experienced with open source projects or beginners just starting out. It should be within arm's reach for anyone working seriously with open source.

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  • Andy Maltz
    5 out of 5 stars
    A must-read for anyone who needs/wants to understand open source software projects and ecosystems
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023
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    Having been involved in open source projects for some time, I didn't expect to learn much by reading this book, but I was pleasantly surprised - the author provides a soup-to-nuts description of open source as a project framework, movement, business enhancer, talent development program, community-builder, and more in a very readable and conversational style. The contextual history and human interest aspects were fascinating, and the author's own personal stories made the book relatable and that much more interesting.

    A valuable resource for engineers, managers, and C-levels alike.

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  • Dark_Alex
    5 out of 5 stars
    Highly Recommend if you would like to run a successful open-source project
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2023
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    As an open-source project contributor myself, I wish I could read this book earlier in my career. Great introduction and helpful examples, recommendations, and thoughts were given in this book could definitely make my early involvement in open-source projects more smoothly and avoid some of the unnecessary mistakes along the way.

    It is also very useful that some topics were covered in this book, such as dealing with conflict, how to grow the project and how you would like to commercialize or sunset your project at some point. Overall, this book provides valuable knowledges and inputs based on author's experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who wish to contribute to or start your own open-source projects.

    Highly Recommend if you would like to run a successful open-source project
    Dark_Alex
    5 out of 5 stars
    Highly Recommend if you would like to run a successful open-source project
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2023
    Format: Paperback

    As an open-source project contributor myself, I wish I could read this book earlier in my career. Great introduction and helpful examples, recommendations, and thoughts were given in this book could definitely make my early involvement in open-source projects more smoothly and avoid some of the unnecessary mistakes along the way.

    It is also very useful that some topics were covered in this book, such as dealing with conflict, how to grow the project and how you would like to commercialize or sunset your project at some point. Overall, this book provides valuable knowledges and inputs based on author's experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who wish to contribute to or start your own open-source projects.

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  • POE
    5 out of 5 stars
    How to successfully run an open source project
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2023
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    This book starts with an interesting historical view of open source and open source projects. Best practices are covered that include release strategies, user-centricity, intelligent code dumps, and more. Governance, Licensing, and intellectual property management are critically important with open source projects and these concepts are adequately addressed in the book. Community support is featured and I wish there was more content on this topic as it seems one of the most critical to an open source project.

    There are some surprising topics handled in this book to include dealing with conflict, converting project contributors to maintainers, and how to handle growth. There is so much more in this book and I highly recommend it.

    Great resource!

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