Original link: https://www.ixiqin.com/2022/07/07/why-open-source-project-maintainer-supporting-new-people/
For the vast majority of open source projects, from the moment of open source, there is an expectation that more people will participate in it.
In fact, the reason behind it does not need to be rendered so high, it is nothing more than people, influence and sustainable development.
people
The development of open source projects requires engineers to invest time and energy to participate. Open source projects can of course have only one contributing. However, with the development of open source projects, the author will also have more than enough strength, and the participation from community contributors can make the author/other contributors feel recognized.
For open source project authors/contributors, more newcomers to participate means an improvement in the overall development efficiency of the project.
Influence
For open source projects, some use can be said to be the realization of value. An excellent open source project not only gets Star and Fork on GitHub, but more importantly, it has users.
The construction of influence cannot be accomplished by writing code. It requires more people to participate, and constantly expand the scope of application of an open source project and expand its influence.
For open source project authors/contributors, more new people participate means the development of the overall influence of the project.
sustainable development
Almost all projects/things have a problem – how to be sustainable.
For sustainable development, human participation is indispensable. The leader of the project may no longer participate in the contribution of the project, but as long as fresh blood comes in, the project can continue to develop.
For open source project authors/contributors, more new people are involved, which means that the life cycle of the project has been extended.
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