This handbook is a collection of resources to help individuals, communities, and companies sustainably embrace open source software. It explains not only how to accomplish a task, but why you'd want to, and how that task fits into the larger story of consuming, contributing to, and producing open source software.
This handbook aims to foster healthy open source communities, and provide a canonical place for the community to discuss and codify best practices into highly-approachable resources.
This handbook aims to reflect community best practices. Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for ways to offer feedback and contribute.
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