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July 6, 2019
To whom it may concern,
Please find attached a revision to our paper "Ten Simple Rules for Helping Newcomers Become Contributors to Open Source Projects". We are very grateful for the comments made by Reviewer #1 (Erin Robinson), and have incorporated most of them in this revision (see below).
Sincerely,
Dan Sholler, Igor Steinmacher, Denae Ford, Mara Averick, Mike Hoye, and Greg Wilson
gvwilson@third-bit.com
- "Suggested reordering and combining of rules:"
Agreed; rules have been reorganized largely as suggested.
- "Rule 1: Code of conduct is important..."
Reorganized as suggested.
- "Rule 2 -- Make governance explicit is a good point, but muddied with citation and licensing."
Agreed - separated.
- "Would shy away from benevolent dictators as part of any governance"
We have kept the description, since it is a common model, but have explained its weaknesses.
- "Rule 3 -- Be welcoming -- suggest this is swapped with rule 1."
Agreed.
- "Rule 4 -- This rule should really emphasize, what's in it for the newcomer."
Now incorporated in Rule 2 after reorganization suggested by reviewer.
- "Rule 8 -- May consider meet-ups with collocated larger events as an option for projects."
Good point :-)
- "Rule 10 -- Most of what is included here is important as part of Rule 3."
Agreed.
- "I would broaden this last rule to acknowledge ALL contributors to your project."
Good catch.
- "I would recommend ending this paper on individual and collective acknowledgement."
We have instead opted to end on "follow up", since that's the point at which being a newcomer ends and being a regular contributor begins.