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Rules of Open Source Programming Fortunes
The Rules of Open Source Programming Fortunes Collection
Table of Contents
The Fortunes Themselves
Rule of Open-Source Programming #1
Rule of Open-Source Programming #1:
Don’t whine unless you are going to implement it yourself.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #4
Rule of Open-Source Programming #4:
If you don’t work on your project, chances are that no one will.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #5
Rule of Open-Source Programming #5:
A project is never finished.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
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Rule of Open-Source Programming #6
Rule of Open-Source Programming #6: The user is always right unless proven otherwise by the developer.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
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Rule of Open-Source Programming #7
Rule of Open-Source Programming #7:
Release early, release often. Clean compilation is optional.
| Author | Omer Zak |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #8
Rule of Open-Source Programming #8:
Open-Source is not a panacea.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #9
Rule of Open-Source Programming #9:
Give me refactoring or give me death!
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
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Rule of Open-Source Programming #11
Rule of Open-Source Programming #11:
When a developer says he will work on something, he or she means “maybe”.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #13
Rule of Open-Source Programming #13:
Your first release can always be improved upon.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #15
Rule of Open-Source Programming #15:
If you like it, let the author know. If you hate it, let the author know why.
| Author | Muli Ben-Yehuda |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #20
Rule of Open-Source Programming #20:
Open Code != Good Code
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #22-23
Rules of Open-Source Programming:
22. Backward compatiblity is your worst enemy.
23. Backward compatiblity is your users’ best friend.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #33
Rule of Open-Source Programming #33:
Don’t waste time on writing test cases and test scripts - your users are your best testers.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #34
Rule of Open-Source Programming #34:
Every successful project will eventually spawn a sub-project
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
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Rule of Open-Source Programming #37
Rule of Open-Source Programming #37:
Duplicate effort is inevitable. Live with it.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
Rule of Open-Source Programming #48
Rule of Open-Source Programming #48:
The number of items on a project’s to-do list always grows or remains constant.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | Rules of Open Source Programming |
