The document discusses resources for open source software projects, including version control systems like Git, SVN, and Mercurial, and hosting services like SourceForge, Launchpad, Google Code, and GitHub. It provides an overview of each option and recommends choosing a hosting service or self-hosting based on the size of the project. Distributed version control systems are preferred over centralized ones. The document also stresses the importance of configuration and community engagement.

1. Resources for FLOSS Projects By Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs Presented first at OggCamp '10

2. Who am I? I'm known as JonTheNiceGuy

3. I'm a Firewall Engineer by day

4. I write mediocre PHP projects by night

5. I've started around 10 Open Source Projects

6. You're likely not to have ever used any of them

7. Except one – perhaps!

8. 3^h 4 reasons why you are here You're a FLOSS developer who's about to start a new project

9. You're a FLOSS developer who's started a project before and wants to know what else is out there

10. You've heard of me (Hi mum!) and want to hear me talk!

11. You're bored and there are no other talks more interesting (no-one expects the spanish inquisition!) All good reasons. Thanks for being here!

12. Why am I talking about this? I've been involved in Free Software since 1999, when I first started actively pushing Linux solutions on people around me.

13. I first started contributing to Free Software in 2001 when I released some re-written code for PHP-Nuke on my personal website.

14. Sometimes it's not clear what sites and services bring what value, and why you should use them. I should know!

15. What's my pedigree? I used Linux for the first time in 1996

16. I installed Linux for the first time in 1999

17. I used FLOSS with my peers in 2000

18. I wrote my first GPL released code in 2002

19. I created my first Sourceforge project in 2004

20. I hosted my first self hosted project in 2007

21. My first Google Code project was in 2008

22. I used Launchpad for the first time in 2009

23. Getting Started Have you checked no-one's done this before?

24. Pick a license

25. Select your hosting method

26. Pick your tools

27. Advertise

28. …

29. Profit?