Locating Resources
There are three sources of open source documentation: the development team, the user community, and commercial publishers. Each has strengths and weaknesses, and each occurs at different stages of an open source product's life cycle. Each source can deliver high-quality documentation, but, unlike commercial software documentation, there is much more variability in the quality levels of open source documentation.
The source of product documentation changes as the product matures.
Developer-Created Documentation
The first source of documentation for an open source product is members of the development team. They deliver basic reference documentation at the time of software release, usually the bare minimum for an experienced ...
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