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The Ethics of Abandoning Software
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Hi.
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I abandon software.
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I abandoned OAuth.
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But it wasn’t that bad.
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The Life and Timesof
Software
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1. The Writing (Starting)
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Motivations forWriting
Software
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Scratch an Itch
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$$$
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Self-Promotion
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2. The Releasing
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Motivations forReleasingSoftware
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Scratch an Itch
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Scratch an Itch
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No Reason
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Goodwill
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Self-Promotion
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Recruiting Tool
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3. The Maintaining
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Motivations forMaintaining
Software
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Scratch an Itch
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Community
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$$$
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Demonstration of Responsibility
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Examine Your Motivations
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4. The End
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It happens in stages.
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Initial Burst of Motivation
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No Longer Necessary(to me)
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Disinterest
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Denial & Neglect
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Acceptance
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Letting GoMoving On
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Put It to Rest Gracefully
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Bless aMigration Path
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Identify aSuccessor
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This is happening and it’s getting worse.
Why?
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Proliferation of Platforms
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Proliferation of Developers
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Ease of Sharing
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The Consequences
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What to do?
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‣ Communicate
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‣ Communicate
‣ Be Honest
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‣ Communicate
‣ Be Honest
‣ Be Deliberate
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File Bugs
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WriteThoroughREADMEs
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Include Documentation
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Provide aLicense
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Clearer Signaling
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ResignAuthoritative
Status
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Dependency Tracking
‣ *.gemspec, Gemfile‣ setup.py‣ package.json
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Highlight Staleness
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Liveliness Metrics
‣ Mailing List Activity
‣ Committer Diversity
‣ Issue Movement
‣ Fork Volume
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More Signals
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Encourage Organizations
over Repositories
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Highlight Team Involvement
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Data Mining
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Expand the Watcher Relationship
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The Secret Power of the Network Graph
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Relationship Status
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‣ (proof-of-concept)
‣ (demo)
‣ (maintained)
‣ (in-use)
‣ (formerly-in-use)
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‣ Communicate
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‣ Communicate
‣ Be Honest
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‣ Communicate
‣ Be Honest
‣ Be Deliberate
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‣ Communicate
‣ Be Honest
‣ Be Deliberate
‣ Be OK
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