







In this activity you will learn how to create and maintain a CONTRIBUTING.md for an open source project.
Open-Source Contribution: The Ultimate Guide | Built In
How to get into open-source contribution according to these experts.

Why your Open Source Project might lack (my?) contribution (1)
"In this article I describe some things to consider when maintaining

How to manage casual contributors to open source projects
Try these strategies to better utilize contributions from your project's episodic volunteers.

.github/GOVERNANCE.md at main · co-infra/.github
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wiki/WHITEPAPER.md at master · livepeer/wiki
Wiki for the Livepeer Project. Contribute to livepeer/wiki development by creating an account on GitHub.
webmcp/README.md at main · webmachinelearning/webmcp
🤖 WebMCP. Contribute to webmachinelearning/webmcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
Twelve tips for growing communities around your open source project | Ben Balter
Publishing code isn't enough. Twelve practical tips to attract users, welcome contributors, and grow a healthy open source community.

A template for creating open source contributor guidelines
Open source contributor guidelines should be easy to read, thorough, and friendly.

A method for giving credit to organizations that contribute code to Open Source
By tracking organizational contributions in Git commits, we can give organizations more tangible reasons to fund open source and help sustain it over time.


DanielFeichtinger/Waldo
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Roles in open source projects
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Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects
Citation: Sholler D, Steinmacher I, Ford D, Averick M, Hoye M, Wilson G (2019) Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects. PLoS Comput Biol 15(9): e1007296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007296
Best Practices for Working with Contributions
Tangled did a good post about contributions that I’ll need to follow up on but in the context of CRDTs I think it’s worth calling out a few differences and discussing best practices Constraints CRDTs require storage of some portion of an OP Log Some portion of the storage will be on a hosted server (PDS) A portion of those servers will be self hosted by an individual Contributions can come from many users There is a value in allowing contributions from a wide swath of users. Concerns Legal...
