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Producing Open Source Software: A good-looking book on how to create the next killer app.

Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software.

It’s free — you can read it online. Some of the topics from the TOC:

• Choose a Good Name
• Choosing a License and Applying It
• When Opening a Formerly Closed Project, be Sensitive to the Magnitude of the Change
• Choosing a Version Control System
• The Softer the Topic, the Longer the Debate
• Getting the Most Out of Volunteers
• Share Management Tasks as Well as Technical Tasks