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Communities Over Code: How to Build a Successful Project by Joe Brockmeier, Red Hat

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Channel: The Linux Foundation · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Communities Over Code: How to Build a Successful Project - Joe Brockmeier, Red Hat

Building a successful open source project is about more than code - and some of the best practices are either non-obvious, hard to get right, or often ignored by folks who focus 100% on code.

In this session, we'll talk about things you can do to build community and attract more users - which in turn, will attract more developers, and make life easier (long-term) and help ensure a long life for your project.

We'll cover everything from governance to social media, marketing, and documentation.

About Joe Brockmeier

Joe Brockmeier is a long-time participant in open source projects and former technology journalist. Brockmeier has worked as the openSUSE Community Manager, is an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) member, and participates heavily in the Fedora Cloud Working Group. Brockmeier works for Red Hat in the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) department and spends most of his time on Project Atomic.

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