preventing community (from linux collab)
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Preventing Communitya how-to guide
Josh BerkusCommunity Hit ManLinux Collab 2010
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So,you started
an
open sourceproject
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COMMUNITY
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Community Growth
Project Year
Com
mun
ity S
ize
AnnounceProject Bad Release
MajorAdopter
LWN 2.0
UserConference
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The Horror! The Horror!
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Thousands of Messages
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Hundreds of People
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Dozens of Events
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Out of Control
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Community Growth
Project Year
Com
mun
ity S
ize
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Global CO2 Concentration
Year
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bon
Con
cent
ratio
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Cut Off That Ugly Growth!
Project Year
Com
mun
ity S
ize
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The 7 Habitsof Highly Stagnant
Communities
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #1
DifficultTools
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● Proprietary version control● Idiosyncratic build systems● Antiquated bug trackers● Home-grown CMS with proprietary components
● Documentation system with no GUI tools
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advantages of difficult tools
● huge barrier to entry for new contributors● most get discouraged and leave
● slow down the whole project by making routine tasks difficult
● skills are non-portable to other OSS projects● your staff know the tools better than the
community
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the best thingabout difficult tools is ...
you probably have them already!
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #2
Overworked Project Team
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enemy #1: your own staff
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solution: overwork your team!
1. assign your development engineers to managing the project
2. increase their engineering workload at the same time
3. have no dedicated community liaison, or one who is useless
4. add a bunch of ambitious deadlines for the project
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3 possible outcomes
● your staff will neglect the community● your staff will hate the community and the
community will hate them● staff who care about community will burn out
and abandon the project
All win!
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #3
Closed-Door Meetings
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Closed-Door Meetings
GoodShort-notice online meetings
BetterTelephone meetings
BestMeet in person, in your secure offi ce
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #4:
FeedThe
Trolls
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nurture your trolls
Maximize the damage they can do!
1. Argue with them at length
2. Denounce them venemously
3. Ban them
4. Argue with them in other projects
5. Allow them back into your project
6. GOTO 1
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Habit #5:Habit #5:Lock It Down!Lock It Down!
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there can be only one!there can be only one!
● Only oneOnly one person should person shouldhave admin on the web serverhave admin on the web server
● Only oneOnly one person can person canhave control of the DNShave control of the DNS
● Only oneOnly one person may person maytouch the mail servertouch the mail server
● Only oneOnly one person will person willadministrate the CMSadministrate the CMS
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make it the right personmake it the right person
overworkedoverworked
antisocialantisocial
required to follow elaborate required to follow elaborate company procedurescompany procedures
and never, ever an outside and never, ever an outside community member or team!community member or team!
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then, let them go on vacation!
what could go wrong?
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #6
Legalese, Legalese, Legalese
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you can't have too much legalese!
The longer and more complex the better!Contributor agreementsWebsite content licensingNon-disclosure agreementsTrademark licensing termsOpen source release review process
● Bonus: change the documents every couple of months, without any official notice.
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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Habit #7
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silence is golden
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The 7 Habits
1. Difficult Tools
2. Overworked Project Team
3. Closed-Door Meetings
4. Feed The Trolls
5. Lock it Down!
6. Legalese, Legalese, Legalese
7. Silence
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The 7 Other Habits
1. easy, common tools
2. allocate time for project
3. open decision-making
4. manage & expel trolls
5. share control
6. minimize legalese
7. communicate
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THROW ITTHROW ITOVEROVER
THE WALLTHE WALL
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contact● Josh Berkus
● [email protected]● www.pgexperts.com● it.toolbox.com/blogs/database-soup
● events● open source bridge Portland june 1● community leadership summit Portland july 17● OSCON Portland july 19
Thanks to Ted Tso, Joe Brockmeier and Greg KHfor helping me with the material for this presentation.
This presentation copyright 2010 Josh Berkus, licensed for distribution under the Creative Commons Attribution License, except for photos, most of which were stolen from other people's websites via images.google.com. Thanks, Google!