It is quite easy to jump to statements like “it’s up to developers to learn how to open source.” But such remarks also mean that we need no schools, right? If we expect that everyone will learn on their own, then there’s no reason to have schools. Of course, everyone in the right mind knows that this is a fool’s statement. In this article, we share a few lessons that should help both maintainers and new contributors.

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