<artheader>
<title>Free Software Development HOWTO</title>
-
+
<author>
- <firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
- <othername>Mako</othername>
- <surname>Hill</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address>
- <email>mako@debian.org</email>
-
- </address>
- </affiliation>
+ <firstname>Benjamin</firstname>
+ <othername>Mako</othername>
+ <surname>Hill</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <address>
+ <email>mako@debian.org</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
</author>
-
- <revhistory>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>v0.01</revnumber>
- <date>27 March 2001</date>
- <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
- <revremark>
- Initial Release
- </revremark>
- </revision>
- </revhistory>
+
+ <revhistory>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>v0.2</revnumber>
+ <date>7 April 2001</date>
+ <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>v0.01</revnumber>
+ <date>27 March 2001</date>
+ <authorinitials>bch</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Initial Release</revremark>
+ </revision>
+ </revhistory>
<abstract>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>fswd</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>
- This HOWTO is designed for people with experience in programming
- and some skills in managing a software project but who are new to
- the world of Free Software. This document is meant to act as a
- guide to the non-technical aspects of free software development
- and was written to act as a crash course in the people skills
- that aren't taught to commercial coders but that can make or
- break a free software project.
- </para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>fswd</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>
+ This HOWTO is designed for people with experience in programming
+ and some skills in managing a software project but who are new to
+ the world of free software. This document is meant to act as a
+ guide to the non-technical aspects of free software development
+ and was written to act as a crash course in the people skills that
+ aren't taught to commercial coders but that can make or break a
+ free software project.
+ </para>
</abstract>
-
+
</artheader>
<!-- Section1: intro -->
<sect1 id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
-
- <indexterm>
- <primary>fswd!introduction</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>fswd!introduction</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<para>
Skimming through freshmeat.net provides mountains of reasons for this
HOWTO's existence--the Internet is littered with excellently
<para>
While both of these projects operate on a scale that your
project will not (at least initially), their example is
- helpful. Debian's idea of a project who lead who can do
- <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> but delegate can serve as a
+ helpful. Debian's idea of a project leader who can do
+ <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> but delegate serves as a
caricature of how a project can involve and empower a huge
number of developers and grow to a huge size.
</para>