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1. The Open Source Way: Creating and nurturing communities of contributors -- Main wiki page
2. Introduction -- What this book is, what it is not, essential terminology (definitions and pointers)
3. Communities of practice -- The science behind the open source way
4. How to loosely organize a community -- Structure of a sustainable community
5. Stuff everyone knows and forgets anyway -- Common knowledge, common mistakes, common recoveries
6. What your organization does correctly when practicing the open source way -- Distilled "Right Way"
7. What your organization does wrong when practicing the open source way -- Distilled "Wrong Way"
8. Business the open source way -- Applying the open source way to business
9. Who else to watch -- People in the wider world who write, talk, and lead community-oriented discussions and actions
10. Books you should read -- Online and offline resources
11. Great stories to tell -- Stories that illustrate the open source way
12. Community Architecture dashboard -- Overview of this effort with pointers
13. Data and references -- Data and references that support the book
14. How to tell if a FLOSS project is doomed to FAIL - A system for evaluating the potential of an open source project
15. Appendix -- What fits not elsewhere but only here