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Introduction

Open Source: A Different Way Of Doing Business / Innovation Happens Elsewhere / Jumping In / Understanding Open Source / Communities / Who This Book Is Intended For / Who Else This Book Is Intended For

Innovation Happens Elsewhere

Open Source Is A Commons / Can The Commons Make A Difference? / The Commons And Software / Open Versus Closed / Use Of The Commons: Creativity & Conversations / Innovation Happens Elsewhere

What Is Open Source?

Open Source In Brief / Philosophical Tenets Of Open Source / Open Source And Agile Methodologies / Common Open Source Myths, Misconceptions & Questions / Open Source And Community / The Secret Of Why Open Source Works / Variations On Open Source: Gated Communities And Internal Open Source / Open Source: Why Do They Do It?

Why Consider Open Source?

Business Reasons For Choosing To Open Source Your Code / Creating Your Business Model And Following Through With It / Measuring Success / An Example: The Innovation Happens Elsewhere Strategy / Business Reasons For Using Open Source Products

Licenses

What The License Does / What The License Does Not Do / More On Copyright / And A Quick Word On Patents / The Licenses / Dual Licensing / Supplementing The License?Contributor Agreements / Licenses For Documentation

How To Do Open Source Development

The Infrastructure Needed For An Open Source Project / Software Lifecycle / Building A Community / Ending An Open Source Project / Joining An Existing Open Source Project / Open Source Within A Company

Going With Open Source

Deciding To Do Open Source / How To Prepare To Do Open Source At Your Company / Getting Approval From Your Company / Problems You Can Expect To Encounter

How To Build Momentum

Marketing Your Project / Focus On Your Users And Contributors / Community Outreach / Harvesting Innovation / Welcome The Unexpected

What To Avoid Known Problems And Failures

Not Understanding Open Source / Don't Needlessly Duplicate An Existing Effort / Licensing Issues / Design Issues / Code Issues / Trying To Control Too Much / Marketing Issues / Tension Between An Open Source Project And The Rest Of Your Company / Community Issues / Lack Of Resources / Recovering From Mistakes

Closing Thoughts