On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Matthew Jadud wrote: > Hi all, > > http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=286958 > > Is anyone here familiar with this text? If so, what do you think? If > not, this is my (possible) need: I'd like a text that captures what it > means to take part in/take a "leadership role" in an open source > community. Is there one that explores what it means to be a > participant-leader? Or, even, a good text that just explores open > collaborative communities strictly in terms of dynamics, not mechanics > (eg. SVN usage, etc.)?
This looks to me like a "business book". And since I've never heard of the authors, I can't vouchsafe for the content. Have you read Karl Fogel's "Producing Open Source Software?" I think it covers a lot of this ground really well. A lot of technical stuff, but a lot of management stuff too. In fact, I've recommended it as a textbook before, but heard that it didn't cover enough nuts and bolts for n00bs, which was essentially the genesis of our own textbook project. http://producingoss.com/en/index.html Essential reading, IMO, for anyone who is seriously considering becoming an upsteam for any open source project. --g -- Educational materials should be high-quality, collaborative, and free. Visit http://opensource.com/education and join the conversation. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
