On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Jan Lehnardt to discuss the value of building communities to reduce burden on maintainers and create sustainable projects, how communities help grow a project, and contributor models.

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Featuring:
<ul><li>Jan Lehnardt &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/janl" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/janl" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="http://writing.jan.io" rel="external ugc">Website</a></li><li>Nadia Eghbal &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/nayafia" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/nayafia" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a></li><li>Mikeal Rogers &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeal" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mikeal" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a></li></ul>

Show Notes:
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Documentation and the Value of Non-Code Contributions

Request For Commits explored different perspectives in open source sustainability (retired). Hosts Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers dive deep into the trials and tribulations of being an open source maintainer, building communities, and navigating the business side of software. Common topics include software licensing, copyright, documentation, governance models, funding platforms such as Open Collective, Kickstarter, etc., measuring success, and more.