Producing Open Source Software
Karl Fogel
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Description for Producing Open Source Software
Paperback. Suitable for developers starting their own free software projects, or those who want to participate in the process, this guide offers several steps to help you manage the process of developing free software. It covers such topics as project management, developer motivation, technical infrastructure to support collaboration, and project promotion. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UMZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
The corporate market is now embracing free, "open source" software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Each is the result of a publicly collaborative process among numerous developers who volunteer their time and energy to create better software. The truth is, however, that the overwhelming majority of free software projects fail. To help you beat the odds, O'Reilly has put together Producing Open Source Software, a guide that recommends tried and true steps to help free software developers work together toward a common goal. ... Read more
The corporate market is now embracing free, "open source" software like never before, as evidenced by the recent success of the technologies underlying LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Each is the result of a publicly collaborative process among numerous developers who volunteer their time and energy to create better software. The truth is, however, that the overwhelming majority of free software projects fail. To help you beat the odds, O'Reilly has put together Producing Open Source Software, a guide that recommends tried and true steps to help free software developers work together toward a common goal. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596007591
SKU
V9780596007591
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1
About Karl Fogel
Karl Fogel co-founded Cyclic Software in 1995, a company offering commercial CVS support. In 1999 he added support for CVS anonymous read-only repository access, inaugurating a new standard for access to development sources in open source projects. That same year, he wrote Open Source Development with CVS (published by Coriolis), now in its third edition via Paraglyph Press. He has ... Read more
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