7 Dos and Don'ts for Open Source Leaders
| By hannes @ 19:35 | [ Academia ] |
Congratulations to Matthias Stuermer (LOTS organizer / politician / entrepreneur) for having published his very carefully done master's thesis on "Open Source Community Building".
He tells us about the "optimal setup for a new open source project" and much more, and concludes with seven dos and don'ts for open source project leaders:
- Do it for yourself.
- Don't loose yourself in perfectionism.
- Do accept others ideas and work, too.
- Do communicate openly.
- Don't speak of ideas but contribute solutions.
- Do behave nicely.
- Do serious marketing.
And all of these sound reasonable for any kind of project, don't they?
Comments
zeropaper
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zeropaper [at] irata.ch
2005-03-04 07:56:06
that should be really interesant to read such a thesis, i'll try ;)
2005-03-04 07:56:06
that should be really interesant to read such a thesis, i'll try ;)
leo
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leo.buettiker [at] gmx.ch
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http://leo.buettiker.org
2005-03-04 15:23:32
I didnt find time at the moment to read it. But I have already read the interview with Gregor Rothfuss (pdf: http://greg.abstrakt.ch/docs/stuermer_interview.pdf) which was real intresting for me. I hope to find in the future some time to read Mathias thesis.
I think all seven dos and donts are very resonable. Most of them are also resonable for closed source projects and some of them are also used, and this is very intressting for me , in the agile project management.
Point one is also very clear vor me. There is a very long way to make money with a project (for both open and closed source). And often, work for user can't make you feel a bit sade. Because they often whant more then you can get (in the first time). So when you are happy with the project this is the biggest factor of success (think about your one talk about moodle!).
2005-03-04 15:23:32
I didnt find time at the moment to read it. But I have already read the interview with Gregor Rothfuss (pdf: http://greg.abstrakt.ch/docs/stuermer_interview.pdf) which was real intresting for me. I hope to find in the future some time to read Mathias thesis.
I think all seven dos and donts are very resonable. Most of them are also resonable for closed source projects and some of them are also used, and this is very intressting for me , in the agile project management.
Point one is also very clear vor me. There is a very long way to make money with a project (for both open and closed source). And often, work for user can't make you feel a bit sade. Because they often whant more then you can get (in the first time). So when you are happy with the project this is the biggest factor of success (think about your one talk about moodle!).
