Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 7: Deriving Commercial Product from Open Source Project This is Part 7 of our Open Source Creator Series on “Deriving Commercial Product from Open Source Project" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 6: How to Measure Community Building This is Part 6 of our Open Source Creator Series on “How to Measure Community Building" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some of the
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 5: Understanding "Distribution" in Open Source Licensing This is Part 5 of our Open Source Creator Series on "Understanding ‘Distribution’ in Open Source Licensing" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some of
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 4: Documentation and Technical Writing 101 A project’s documentation gets the most amount of traffic, by far. It’s the place where people decide whether to continue learning about your project or move on.
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 3: How to Choose an Open Source License This is Part 3 of our Open Source Creator Series on "How to Choose an Open Source License" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 2: Product Marketing Having the word “marketing” here is in fact misleading. It’s about product education. Your role is akin to a coach, mentor, or a teaching assistant in a computer science class or a coding bootcamp -- not a “marketing person.”
Creator Series Open Source Creator Series, Part 1: Licensing Fundamentals At any given moment, thousands of developers around the world are creating new open source software – to solve a problem that has no good existing solution or to scratch a
Resources Open Source Culture Company Handbooks This is a reference list of company handbooks who are building an open source company culture. This list is inspired by a recent conversation between DROdio (CEO at Armory) and
Building Company Open Source Culture DROdio (CEO at Armory) and Kate MacAleavey (Head of Culture and Leadership Development at Armory) recently had a fascinating discussion on YouTube with Joseph Jacks about "open source culture", in
Resources Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) Glossary Today, we are releasing the first version of COSS Glossary, a set of definitions of commonly used terms in the open source technology world. The motivation behind this document is
Building Company Lessons in Managing a Distributed Team Building a 100% distributed, or remote first, workforce is becoming more popular for tech companies. Some notable ones are: GitLab, Basecamp, Hashicorp, Automattic, and DEV. (If I missed any, please
Announcement What is COSS Media? COSS Media is a new learning platform that delivers actionable knowledge to help Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) founders build lasting companies.
