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Reading list

This list should help you understand how open source software projects work and how you can help to improve their life.

  • Nadia Asparouhova (formerly known as Nadia Eghbal/@nayafia)
    • Working in Public - The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
      • An inside look at modern open source software development and its influence on our online social world.
      • geniallokal.de
    • Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure
      • In this extensive report writer and investor Nadia Eghbal explores the lack of institutional support for public code.
      • Ford Foundation, GitHub
  • John Mertic
    • Open Source Projects - Beyond Code: A blueprint for scalable and sustainable open source projects
    • Open Source Projects - Beyond Code is your essential guide for creating, scaling, and sustaining impactful open source projects.
    • genialokal.de
  • Eric S. Raymond
    • The Cathedral and the Bazaar
    • The Cathedral and the Bazaar argues that open, collaborative software development (the “bazaar” model) is more effective and innovative than traditional, top-down, closed development (the “cathedral” model).
    • web, ePUB
  • Richard Stallman
    • Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
    • Free as in Freedom tells the story of Richard Stallman’s lifelong fight to promote free software and defend users’ digital freedoms against proprietary control.
    • free epub