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Sunsetting an Open Source Project
Open source projects start with good intentions: a problem to solve, an eager and motivated maintainer, and users and contributors flocking to the project and providing feedback. If everything goes right, a vibrant community and a great solution will emerge.
While putting code out under an open source license is a permanent action, having an open source project isn’t. In Chapter 12, Marketing for Open Source – Advocacy and Outreach, we looked at a chart that describes the life cycle of an open source project; Figure 14.1 illustrates that chart:
Figure 14.1 – Life cycle of an open source project
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