- Wookie is an open source widget engine that was accepted into the Apache incubator in July 2009 to help build a developer community around the project. - For an open source project to be viable and sustainable, it needs an active community of both users and developers. The Apache foundation provides mechanisms and processes to help support community engagement. - While progress has been made in growing the Wookie community, there are still barriers like legal concerns and inexperience with development workflows that can prevent some developers from contributing. The project works to address these challenges and bring more diversity to its community.

1. OSS Watch, Oxford 9 Oct 2009 Life of a Wookie Scott Wilson (University of Bolton) Scott. bradley [email_address] Twitter: scottbw

3. Why community matters to an OSS project

8. Community in Wookie

9. This is how I see our community - and one of my tasks is to make sure there is a steady supply of people moving through these stages

11. To be viable, Wookie needs more variety here

17. Being nice is a survival strategy in OSS