TY - JOUR T1 - So You Wanna be a Linus Torvalds? The Do's and Don'ts of Running a Small Open Source Project JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Alain Désilets AB - In this paper, we present a series of lessons learned on how to effectively run a small open source community. These lessons are based on my own experience as the leader of VoiceCode, a project that aims at developing an integrated programming-by-voice toolbox. It provides tools that allow programmers with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) to write computer code by talking to their machine instead of typing. The VoiceCode project started in 1999 by the National Research Council of Canada, and was first officially released in 2003. The system is now at a point where it can be used by programmers to do real work, and there have been over 9,100 downloads so far. The project has also attracted the attention of the media. In the process of leading this project, we have learned many important lessons; too many to discuss exhaustively here. We will however share three that seem particularly important. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/223 IS - January 2009 U1 - NRC Alain Désilets is a Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada. For the past 15 years, he has been involved in the rapid development of prototype software that uses bleeding edge Human Language Technology (ex: Speech Recognition, Machine Translation, Natural Language Understanding). For the past five years, his work has focused on Computer Assisted Translation tools. ER -