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                                        title: Defining Development and Release Strategies of FLOSS
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        date: 2024 Jul 30
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        Many programs are Free/Libre and Open Source, both of those
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        are very well defined so I'm not going to waste my or your
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        time by defining them for you here.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        If you do need a definition, take a look at the following:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * [The Open Source Definition](https://opensource.org/osd) as
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          defined by the Open Source Initiative or OSI
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * [What is Free Software?](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html)
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          By the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        So without further ado, let's define developement and
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        release strategies!
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## Development
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        The following is definitions for strategies used in FLOSS
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        development. These strategies are grouped by ones that
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        can't be mixed and matched.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ### Who developes it?
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Community-Driven**. Community members are able to submit patches, and these
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          patches are often included directly into the project.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Community-Supported**. Community members are able to submit patches, but
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          these patches are not included directly.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Non-Community-Driven**. Community members cannot submit patches.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ### Does your project have (a) core maintainer(s)?
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Unicentered**. One core maintainer.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Centered**. Multiple (more than one) core maintainers.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Non-centered**. No core maintainers.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ### Do you have a full history available?
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Historical**. A full log is available for all commits made to the project in
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          question.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Non-Historical**. A log is not available for commits in a project.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Semi-Historical**. A log is available, but there is a cutoff in available
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          commits.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        *Note that a commit history being available doesn't mean a source history is
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        available, for that, see the nexte section.*
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ### When is the source code released?
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Sourced-per-commit**. Source is made available per-commit.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Timed-source**. Source is released at set intervals of time.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Commit-based-source**. Source is released at set intervals of commits.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        * **Arbitrarily-sourced**. Source is released when the maintainer(s) feel there
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          has been enough changes or time, when these numbers of commits or time do not
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                          stay the same.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        ## Outro
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        Thank you for reading this pointless blog post. I know nobody is ever gonna get
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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                                        use out of it.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
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