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title: Release 1.0 of our “Maintaining Open Source Projects” Book
teaser: Learn software development techniques from open source software maintainers.
tags: books,open source,news
author: Tute Costa
published_on: 2016-07-06
---

We released version 1.0 of our [_Maintaining Open Source Projects_][landing]
book.

In the latest revisions since we released the public beta of the book, we added
lots of new content on topics such as the “Bus Factor” and OSS licenses (beware
of informal licenses!), and rewrote some paragraphs and sentences to be clearer.

_Maintaining Open Source Projects_ describes how open source maintainers work as
a team, but is equally useful for organizations building products that, while
not meant to be freely available, are developed in collaboration. Following open
source practices is a reliable way of incorporating the benefits of modern
development practices into internal workflows, making our organizations more
efficient.

Download a [free sample][sample] of this book, and if you like it, [you can buy
it][landing]. Whether you lead open source projects or other forms of
collaborative projects, we think this book will help you make your work more
efficient.

[landing]: http://maintaining-open-source.com?utm_source=giant-robots&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=new-chapter
[sample]: http://thoughtbot.com/maintaining-open-source-projects-sample.pdf