Managing an Open Source Community

Being Managed by an

Open Source Community

20,000downloads

a day

7 Rules

1. Lead by example

2. Get offthe computer

3. Transparency

4. Build consensus(even whenyou’re right)

5. You’re notright.

6. Centralizecommunity

7. Open Source haslittle to do with

the license.

8. (bonus!)But use the

GPL

0. The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.

1. The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs.

2. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.

3. The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

m@mullenweg.com

http://ma.tt/