Advice for starting a new project?

[Dave Cramer]

Somewhat off topic ....


One thing I seem to recall reading, but don't remember where is the  
type of license that attracts more developers.

There was some argument to the science, but the conclusion was that  
BSD type licenses attracted more effort from developers.

Dave
On 17-Sep-07, at 3:45 PM, Madison Kelly wrote:

> Kareem Shehata wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>>  I've had an idea in my head (and on paper, er. notepad) for about  
>> a year now
>> for what could turn into an open source project.  Truth be told, I  
>> know the
>> shape of what I want to make, but I have no idea how to actually  
>> do it:
>> FOSS, start a small company and build it proprietary, design the
>> architecture and then license it, or look at academic forums.  I'm  
>> leaning
>> towards FOSS because I think it'll fit the project as well as my  
>> personal
>> beliefs and values, but I have no idea what it takes to go down  
>> that road.
>> So I thought I'd check here and see if anyone has tried this road  
>> and can
>> give any advice, or know of someone I should talk with.  I'm  
>> thinking of
>> heading to Waterloo to chat with Roger Dingledine, since the  
>> project has
>> similarities to his.  Anyone in the Toronto area who has started  
>> or is
>> running a FOSS project?
>>  BTW: I'd love nothing better than to put out all of the details  
>> on the idea,
>> but at this point the idea of "intellectual property" scares the  
>> crap out of
>> me.  What if some unscrupulous company takes the idea, makes a  
>> prototype,
>> and patents it?  So, for the moment I won't talk details (and in  
>> return I'm
>> not asking for any kind of commitments from anyone), but any and  
>> all advice
>> would be appreciated.
>>  Thanks!
>>  -kms
>
> Get and read this book:
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/producingoss/index.html
>
> It's *exactly* what you want to know/need/read if you want to start  
> an OSS project. It's amazing.
>
> Madi
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