Building a Community Around Your Open Source Project | Linux Today

Building a Community Around Your Open Source Project

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 25, 2007

“There are a vast number of fantastic open source projects out
there, though for every one that is widely adopted, there are many
that remain cloaked in relative obscurity. How can the open source
development model best be leveraged to take advantage of community
feedback, ideas, and testing, and ultimately gather code
contributions? If you are just thinking about open sourcing a new
project, what steps can you take to ensure a vibrant community? If
you already have an open source project, how can you make your
community more active? The community can make any project stronger,
but they are not built automatically…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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