Breaking Sections of Producing OSS into Classes

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= Producing Open Source Software Text Structure =

; [[Preface>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/preface.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Why Write This Book?>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/preface.html#why||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Who Should Read This Book?>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/audience.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Sources>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/sources.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Acknowledgements>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/acknowledgements.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[For the first edition (2005)>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/acknowledgements.html#acknowledgements-1st-ed||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[For the second edition (2017)>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/acknowledgements.html#acknowledgements-2nd-ed||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Disclaimer>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/disclaimer.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[1. Introduction>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[History>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#history||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The Rise of Proprietary Software and Free Software>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#propertization||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Conscious Resistance>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#history-conscious-resistance||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Accidental Resistance>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#history-accidental-resistance||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [["Free" Versus "Open Source">>url:https://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html#free-vs-open-source||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[The Situation Today>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/today.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[2. Getting Started>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Starting From What You Have>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#starting-from-what-you-have||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Choose a Good Name>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#choosing-a-name||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Own the Name in the Important Namespaces>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#own-the-name||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Have a Clear Mission Statement>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#mission-statement||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[State That the Project is Free>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#state-freedom||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Features and Requirements List>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#features-and-requirements||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Development Status>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#development-status||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Development Status Should Always Reflect Reality>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#development-status-honesty||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Downloads>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#downloads||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Version Control and Bug Tracker Access>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#vc-and-bug-tracker-access||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Communications Channels>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#communications-channels||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Developer Guidelines>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#developer-guidelines||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Documentation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#documentation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Availability of Documentation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#documentation-availability||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Developer Documentation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#developer-documentation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Demos, Screenshots, Videos, and Example Output>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#examples-and-demos||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Hosting>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/getting-started.html#hosting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Choosing a License and Applying It>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-quickstart.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The "Do Anything" Licenses>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-quickstart.html#license-quickstart-non-gpl||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The GPL>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-quickstart.html#license-quickstart-gpl||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[How to Apply a License to Your Software>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-quickstart.html#license-quickstart-applying||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Setting the Tone>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Avoid Private Discussions>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#avoid-private-discussions||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Nip Rudeness in the Bud>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#prevent-rudeness||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Codes of Conduct>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#code-of-conduct||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Practice Conspicuous Code Review>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#code-review||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Case study>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#subversion-commit-review||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Be Open From Day One>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#be-open-from-day-one||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Waiting Just Creates an Exposure Event>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#avoid-exposure-events||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Opening a Formerly Closed Project>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/opening-closed-projects.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Announcing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/announcing.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[3. Technical Infrastructure>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/technical-infrastructure.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[What a Project Needs>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/technical-infrastructure.html#tools-needed||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Web Site>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/web-site.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Canned Hosting>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/web-site.html#canned-hosting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Choosing a Canned Hosting Site>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/web-site.html#canned-hosting-choosing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Hosting on Fully Open Source Infrastructure>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/web-site.html#hosting-on-freedom||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Anonymity and Involvement>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/web-site.html#anonymity||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Mailing Lists / Message Forums>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Choosing the Right Forum Management Software>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#message-forum-choosing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Spam Prevention>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#spam-prevention||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Identification and Header Management>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#header-management||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[The Great Reply-to Debate>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#reply-to||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Archiving>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#archiving||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Mailing List / Message Forum Software>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/message-forums.html#message-forum-software||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Version Control>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Version Control Vocabulary>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-vocabulary||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Choosing a Version Control System>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-choosing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Using the Version Control System>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-using||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Version Everything>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#version-everything||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Browsability>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-browsing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Use Branches to Avoid Bottlenecks>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#branches||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Singularity of Information>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-singularity||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Authorization>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#vc-authz||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Receiving and Reviewing Contributions>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#receiving-changes||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Pull Requests>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#pull-requests||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Commit Notifications / Commit Emails>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/vc.html#commit-notifications||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Bug Tracker>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/bug-tracker.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Interaction with Email>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/bug-tracker.html#bug-tracker-email-interaction||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Pre-Filtering the Bug Tracker>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/bug-tracker.html#bug-filtering||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[IRC / Real-Time Chat Systems>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/irc.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[IRC Bots>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/irc.html#irc-bots||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Commit Notifications in IRC>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/irc.html#irc-commit-notifications||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Archiving IRC>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/irc.html#irc-archiving||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Wikis>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/wikis.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Wikis and Spam>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/wikis.html#wiki-spam||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Choosing a Wiki>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/wikis.html#wiki-choosing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Q&A Forums>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/q-and-a-forums.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Translation Infrastructure>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/translation-infrastructure.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Social Networking Services>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/social-networking.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[4. Social and Political Infrastructure>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/social-infrastructure.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Forkability>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/social-infrastructure.html#forkability||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Benevolent Dictators>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/benevolent-dictator.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Who Can Be a Good Benevolent Dictator?>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/benevolent-dictator.html#benevolent-dictator-qualifications||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Consensus-based Democracy>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Version Control Means You Can Relax>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#version-control-relaxation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[When Consensus Cannot Be Reached, Vote>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#voting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[When To Vote>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#when-to-vote||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Who Votes?>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#electorate||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Not All Maintainers Are Coders>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#non-technical-maintainers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Adding New Maintainers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#adding-maintainers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Polls Versus Votes>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#polls||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Vetoes>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#veto||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Writing It All Down>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/written-rules.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Joining or Creating a Non-Profit Organization>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/non-profit.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[5. Participating as a Business, Non-Profit, or Government Agency>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/money.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[The Economics of Open Source>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/money.html#economics-of-open-source||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Types of Corporate Involvement>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/types-of-corporate-involvement.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Governments and Open Source>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/governments-and-open-source.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Being Open Source From Day One is Especially Important for Government Projects>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/governments-and-open-source.html#starting-open-for-govs||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Hire for the Long Term>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/long-term-developers.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Case study>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/long-term-developers.html#integrating-new-paid-dev||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Appear as Many, Not as One>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/appear-as-many.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Be Open About Your Motivations>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-motives.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Money Can't Buy You Love>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/money-vs-love.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Contracting>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Review and Acceptance of Changes>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html#community-review-acceptance||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Case Study: the CVS Password-Authentication Protocol>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html#cvs-pserver||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Update Your RFI, RFP and Contract Language>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html#rfi-rfp-contract-language||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Open Source IV&V>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html#osivv||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Don't Surprise Your Lawyers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contracting.html#lawyers-no-surprises||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Funding Non-Programming Activities>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Quality Assurance (i.e., Professional Testing)>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-qa||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Legal Advice and Protection>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-legal-work||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Documentation and Usability>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-documentation-usability||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Funding User Experience (UX) Work>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-usability||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Providing Hosting/Bandwidth>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-hosting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Providing Build Farms and Development Servers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-servers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Running Security Audits>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#security-audits||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Sponsoring Conferences, Hackathons, and other Developer Meetings>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/funding-non-programming.html#fund-meetings||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Marketing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Open Source and Freedom from Vendor Lock-In>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html#lock-in-vs-freedom||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Remember That You Are Being Watched>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html#goldfish-bowl||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Case Study: You Can't Fake It, So Don't Try>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html#activity-cannot-be-faked||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Don't Bash Competing Vendors' Efforts>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html#competing-efforts||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [["Commercial" vs "Proprietary">>url:https://producingoss.com/en/marketing.html#commercial-vs-proprietary||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Open Source and the Organization>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Dispel Myths Within Your Organization>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#dispel-myths||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Foster Pools of Expertise in Multiple Places>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#foster-expertise-diversity||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Establish Contact Early With Relevant Communities>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#talk-to-relevant-communities-early||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Don't Let Publicity Events Drive Project Schedule>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#publicity-events-vs-project-events||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The Key Role of Middle Management>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#middle-management||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[InnerSourcing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/open-source-and-the-organization.html#innersource||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Hiring Open Source Developers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/hiring.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Hiring for Influence>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/hiring.html#hiring-for-influence||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Evaluating Open Source Projects>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/evaluating-oss-projects.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Crowdfunding and Bounties>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/crowdfunding-and-bounties.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[6. Communications>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/communications.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Written Culture>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/communications.html#written-culture||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[You Are What You Write>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Structure and Formatting>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html#structure-and-formatting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Content>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html#writing-content||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Tone>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html#writing-tone||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Recognizing Rudeness>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html#rudeness||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Face>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/you-are-what-you-write.html#face||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Avoiding Common Pitfalls>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Don't Post Without a Purpose>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#post-with-purpose||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Productive vs Unproductive Threads>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#productive-threads||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The Smaller the Topic, the Longer the Debate>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#bikeshed||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Avoid Holy Wars>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#holy-wars||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The "Noisy Minority" Effect>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#noisy-minority||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Don't Bash Competing Open Source Products>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/common-pitfalls.html#competing-products||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Difficult People>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/difficult-people.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Handling Difficult People>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/difficult-people.html#handling-difficult-people||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Case study>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/difficult-people.html#difficult-people-case-study||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Handling Growth>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/growth.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Conspicuous Use of Archives>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/growth.html#using-archives||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Treat All Resources Like Archives>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/growth.html#all-as-archives||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Codifying Tradition>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/growth.html#codifying-tradition||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Choose the Right Forum>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/choose-the-forum.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Cross-Link Between Forums>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/choose-the-forum.html#cross-links||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Publicity>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Announcing Releases and Other Major Events>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#announcing-releases||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Announcing Security Vulnerabilities>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Receive the Report>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-receiving||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Develop the Fix Quietly>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-finding-a-fix||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[CVE Numbers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-cve||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Scores>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-cvss||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Pre-Notification>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-prenotification||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Distribute the Fix Publicly>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/publicity.html#security-announcing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[7. Packaging, Releasing, and Daily Development>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Release Numbering>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html#release-numbering||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Release Number Components>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html#release-number-components||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Semantic Versioning>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html#semantic-versioning||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The Even/Odd Strategy>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html#release-number-even-odd-strategy||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Release Branches>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/release-branches.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Mechanics of Release Branches>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/release-branches.html#release-branch-mechanics||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Stabilizing a Release>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/stabilizing-a-release.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Dictatorship by Release Owner>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/stabilizing-a-release.html#release-owner||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Voting on Changes>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/stabilizing-a-release.html#release-voting||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Managing Collaborative Release Stabilization>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/stabilizing-a-release.html#release-stabilization-collaboration||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Release Manager>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/stabilizing-a-release.html#release-manager||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Packaging>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Format>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#packaging-format||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Name and Layout>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#packaging-name-and-layout||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[To Capitalize or Not to Capitalize>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#release-capitalization||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Pre-Releases>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#release-prereleases||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Compilation and Installation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#packaging-build-install||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Binary Packages>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/packaging.html#binary-packages||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Testing and Releasing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/testing-and-releasing.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Candidate Releases>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/testing-and-releasing.html#candidate-releases||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Announcing Releases>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/testing-and-releasing.html#release-announcement||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Maintaining Multiple Release Lines>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/release-lines.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Security Releases>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/release-lines.html#security-releases||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Releases and Daily Development>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/releases-and-daily-development.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Planning Releases>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/releases-and-daily-development.html#planning||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[8. Managing Participants>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Community and Motivation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#community-and-motivation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Delegation>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#delegation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Distinguish Clearly Between Inquiry and Assignment>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#delegation-assignment||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Follow Up After You Delegate>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#delegation-followup||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Notice What People Are Interested In>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#delegation-interest||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Praise and Criticism>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#praise-and-criticism||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Prevent Territoriality>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#territoriality||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The Automation Ratio>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#automation||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Automated testing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#automated-testing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Treat Every User as a Potential Participant>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#users-to-participants||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Meeting In Person (Conferences, Hackfests, Code-a-Thons, Code Sprints, Retreats)>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/managing-participants.html#meeting-in-person||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Share Management Tasks as Well as Technical Tasks>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [["Manager" Does Not Mean "Owner">>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html#manager-is-not-owner||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Patch Manager (or Pull Request Manager)>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html#patch-manager||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Translation Manager>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html#translation-manager||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Documentation Manager>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html#documentation-manager||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Issue Manager>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/share-management.html#issue-manager||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Transitions>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/transitions.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Committers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Committers vs Maintainers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#commiter-vs-maintainer||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Choosing Committers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#choosing-committers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Revoking Commit Access>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#revoking-committers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Partial Commit Access>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#partial-committers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Dormant Committers>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#dormant-committers||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Avoid Mystery>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#commit-access-openness||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Credit>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/credit.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Forks>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/forks.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [["Development Forks" versus "Hard Forks">>url:https://producingoss.com/en/forks.html#dev-forks-vs-hard-forks||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Figuring Out Whether You're the Fork>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/forks.html#who-is-the-fork||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Handling a Fork>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/forks.html#forks-handling||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Initiating a Fork>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/forks.html#forks-initiating||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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; [[9. Legal Matters: Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/legal.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Terminology>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/legal.html#licenses-terminology||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Aspects of Licenses>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-aspects.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[The GPL and License Compatibility>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-compatibility.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Choosing a License>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[The GNU General Public License>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html#license-choosing-gpl||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[The "or any later version" Option: Future-Proofing the GPL>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html#gpl-future-proofing||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[The GNU Affero GPL: A Version of the GNU GPL for Server-Side Code>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html#gnu-affero-gpl||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[The Copyright Holder Is Special, Even In Copyleft Licenses>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html#copyright-holder-is-special||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Is the GPL Free or Not Free?>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/license-choosing.html#is-the-gpl-free||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Contributor Agreements>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contributor-agreements.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Doing Nothing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contributor-agreements.html#copyright-assignment-none||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Contributor License Agreements>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contributor-agreements.html#copyright-assignment-cla||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:::; [[Developer Certificates of Origin (DCO): A Simpler Style of CLA>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/contributor-agreements.html#developer-certificate-of-origin||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Proprietary Relicensing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/proprietary-relicensing.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Problems with Proprietary Relicensing>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/proprietary-relicensing.html#proprietary-relicensing-problems||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Trademarks>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/trademarks.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Case study: Mozilla Firefox, the Debian Project, and Iceweasel>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/trademarks.html#mozilla-firefox-debian-iceweasel||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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::; [[Case study: The GNOME Logo and the Fish Pedicure Shop>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/trademarks.html#gnome-fish-pedicure||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Patents>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/patents.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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:; [[Further Resources>>url:https://producingoss.com/en/licensing-further-resources.html||style="font-weight: normal;"]]

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