Challenges projects face when going open source

Challenges

• Mindset
  • Choosing a license and it's implications to your project
    • Legal aspects
    • Adoption Aspects
    • Dependencies requirements
  • Identifying governance characteristics of your project ?
  • should we describe some places where you can open source your project ? (e.g. GitHub, foundations, pay to play foundations) ?
• Building a community
  • Why building a community ?
  • Community growth
    • Community involvement lifecycle
  • Community involvement
  • Documentation
  • Testing

Action plan

• Change your mindset: Communicate and Listen!!!
• License check for your libraries / dependencies
• Prepare your project
• Choose your license
• Prepare basic documentation for users
• Prepare a how-to guide for contributors
• Identify the common Vision and the benefits for the Community
• Share your initial Roadmap

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• A multiethnic Community bring different cultures with more value and ideas
• An international project typically has more contributors and a long life

Why open governance

Challenges

• Trust on your Community :)
• Give responsabilities

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