1. How to kill an Open Source
Community?
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3. Pirate hint #1
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4. Pirate hint #2
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•+H&1"6$(&'+"+&14<23+1<)GC<F2+)4(B($%3%C+<4(%21%C+
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F'"1%B%4+="D+'"))%2

5. Pirate hint #3
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1<+"2D+C%:(&(<2+="E(23+)4<:%&&
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"))4<B"$

6. Pirate hint #4
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•+51"1%+1'"1+3$<6"$(;"I<2M$<:"$(&"I<2M&E(2+
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7. Pirate hint #5
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1'"2E&+1<+)4<C8:1+%@:%$$%2:%
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8. Pirate hint #6
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•+-%B%4+":E2<F$%C3%+4%:<32(;%+&8::%&&%&
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9. Pirate hint #7
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"3"(2&1+1'%=R
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10. OSS treasure workarounds?
No way!
• Values as roots
• Project with a community
• Community breeding
• People, people, people
• Methodology

11. method?
1st Review & Content & Code Base Development
Go-NO-Go
Define Community
Tooling & Processes Advertize
Sustain
Secret
path Extended/Periodic Review
Identify
Core Team
Define Topics Increase Membership
Common Dream Monitor
Sources: Stan Garfield, Richard McDermott,
Karl Fogel, Jono Beacon, Eric Raymond.

12. OSS healthy communities?
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":IB(I%&J+
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•+X(3'+="2"3%=%21+%@)%:1"I<2&

13. OSS communities failure?
• !"#$%$&'(")"*'+,-,.%-"$('"%./"0%*'(-/..*
• 1.."20+3",%40'%+'".5"6(.7/8.(,'%/'*"+.26$%,'-"
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• 1.."2$%:"(0;'-

14. Community
manager

15. Thank you!
Any Questions?
You can contact Open Source pirates at:
Stephane.Ribas@inria.fr
Michel.Cezon@inria.fr
Europe@ow2.org

16. Credits
• Our slides & ideas comes from
! Our own experience,
We would like to thank all
! Stan Garfield
those guys & organizations
! Richard McDermott,
without whom we would not
! Karl Fogel,
have been able to create
! Eric Raymond,
& use “those guidelines” in our
! HP Open Source Division,
current & future missions
! OW2,
• Many more !

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