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Advanced Open Source Project Hosting?

Posted by Cliff on from the when-you-outgrow-the-typical-answers dept.

asn0 asks: "How do large/popular Open Source/Free Software projects manage their needs for hosting, bandwidth and mirrors? What limitations are there to the size/popularity of projects a site like SourceForge can/will support? Where does a project go for hosting and bandwidth once it out-grows SourceForge, and how hard is it to get hosting, bandwidth and mirrors to support a growing open source project?"

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  1. When an open-source project is popular... by jgardn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Another issue that you don't have to worry about is what to do when your project becomes popular.

    When you have many users, they will help you with the code, with testing, and with documentation. All you have to do is organize them.

    When you have many users, finding hosts and mirrors will not be a problem. Someone among them will be willing to put up a mirror, or host it all outright. All you have to do is ask.

    When you have many users, even raising funds to finance bandwidth isn't too big of a concern. Ask for grants from companies that use your software. Ask for donations from the members. I'm sure that rather than give you money, they will be more willing to give you bandwidth, but in those cases where money is necessary, you will be able to get it. Remember the Blender project.

    This is why the open source model kicks butt versus the closed source model -- open source projects are truly scaleable in all senses of the word.

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