A checklist for anyone starting out in the open source scene.
Like any enterprise, creating open source can be serious business.
Seek trust within you... Every day there's going to be something new Open your mind to get that different view
The connection you have with your code is unique. So close to your code, no matter how long you got disconnected from it.
For the few that used your code you'll be forever trusting who you are
There have been many success stories, stretching the truth at variable levels and a few sad stories. As a newcomer in a field you have two options. You go under the wing of someone established, person or corporation and feed from their worth. This may not be an option for the majority. So you are either left with an early defeat or a challenge to "prove" yourself.
Create an article about what is useful open source, not the open source that’s meant to be promoting people or a bunch of tech demos that are impressive but cannot be reproduced in real world projects, because the code is too rigid, hard-coded or not modularized.
Vanity
Talk about people having a hrd-time understanding what is quality open source
Corporation-backed open source is believed to be better supported…
All that matters is your connection to your creation. If you're doing it to compete with well-funded corporations, for the glory or for the you will end up bitter and betrayed. This is not a popularity contest. This is a creation marathon. Those who endure, those who persist are the ones left on top. An the ones that remain get to write history...
Never care for what they do, Never care for what they know. Never care for games they play...
Ultimately, it doesn't matter how much source you release. As with most professions it doesn't matter how much time or effort you put into something. Only how much it affected people's life. All "negative" aspects of open source like theft, appropriation utlimately have the goal of broadening the effect of open source. An altuistic mind understands there is no real downside to open source.
When getting into this field affecting people should be our primary goal.