How I Open Source

It's been recently brought to my attention that I don't view open-source the way that many of my friends do. My attitude has always been: Here's some code that works well for what I want. If it works well for what you want, great! If not, I'm willing to make changes that improve the library; however, I'm also going to reject any code that causes the library to bloat. Lastly, the library will likely be 'done' in the next few years - at which time I expect it will be mature enough that a stable final release will be possible, or someone will (re)write a superior version. I don't expect an open-source project will ever define what I accomplish in our industry. It finally occurred to me that others don't think this way when they began telling me that they don't open-source due to - the code isn't mature enough they don't want to write documentation they don't want their time m...

Full article: http://blog.jayfields.com/2012/05/how-i-open-source.html

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Jay Fields' Thoughts: How I Open Source [link] You can release without documentation and walk away.
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RT @rgaucher: Exactly the way I do it: [link] -- Just open-source it! No matter if you have doc or if it's good code, it might help someone
@EmanueleEMC » 18 May '12, 5am
Interessante visione dell'open source [link]
@thejayfields » 18 May '12, 3am
Wrote a blog entry [link] - considered not publishing. published & got 7000+ visits today. I guess I'm still bad at estimating
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RT @jasonpriem: "I polished it for months, and no one cared. After that I never waited to release anything." [link] #howopensourceshouldwork
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Exactly the way I do it: [link] -- Just open-source it! No matter if you have doc or if it's good code, it might help someone
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Great thoughts by Jay Fields on creating and managing Open Source projects - [link]
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