<p>An introduction to free software development, for those
interested in participating.</p>
- <p><tt><a href="free-sw-devel.html">http://www.hungry.com/~pere/mypapers/free-sw-devel/free-sw-devel.html</a></tt></p>
+ <p><tt><a href="http://www.hungry.com/~pere/mypapers/free-sw-devel/free-sw-devel.html">http://www.hungry.com/~pere/mypapers/free-sw-devel/free-sw-devel.html</a></tt></p>
<div class="presenter">Petter Reinholdtsen
<br>pere@hungry.com
<h2>Getting involved and helping out</h2>
- <p>So, you found a nice project on Freshmeat, and want to help
+ <p>So, you found a nice project on
+ <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat</a>, and want to help
improve it...</p>
<ul>
<li>read the project documentation
<li>join the relevant mailing list, IRC channels, etc
<li>use mailing lists
- <li>irc, wiki
+ <li>update the wiki
<li>get to know the source
<li>understand licensing issues
<li>learn to use the bug tracking system (bts)
</ul>
- <h2>Running a successful free software project</h2>
+ <h2>Running a successful free software project I</h2>
<ul>
<li>let everyone work on the things that interests them, use the
carrot, as you have no whip
<li>set up and use a bts
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h2>Running a successful free software project II</h2>
+
+ <ul>
+
<li>create web pages for your project, include screen shots, a
short summary and who to contact for more info
<li>"The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan and Pike.
- <li>"<a href="http://opensource.mit.edu/online_paper">FRee /
+ <li>"<a href="http://opensource.mit.edu/online_paper">Free /
Open Source Research Community - online papers</a>,
<tt>http://opensource.mit.edu/online_paper</tt></li>