The 10 Stages of Open Source
According to the Linux Foundation, there are actually 4 recognized stages of corporate open source participation. But with GitHub, I've broken these stages down even further into 10 different ones.
Although I've been using GitHub for nearly 5 years now, I've only just recently had the chance take the role of a maintainer of active F/OSS through freeCodeCamp/guide
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software.
According to the Linux Foundation, there are actually 4 recognized stages of corporate open source participation.
The 4 stages being Consumption, Participation, Influencing, and Initiation.
But with GitHub, I've broken these stages down even further into 10 different ones.
Consumption
1. celebrity
joins GitHub and immediately gets a crap ton of followers because they're Linux-level famous but don't actually have much activity on GitHub
2. newbie
viewing repos
3. stargazer
actively starring repos
Participation
4. issue ally
raises issue or comments on issues
5. contributing pro
contributing to active projects
6. maintainer virtuoso
in charge of reviewing PRs for an active project
Influencing
7. lover
working open source in their free time
8. full-timer
open source is their full-time job
9. leader
someone who is widely recognized for their open source work on GitHub - think Sindre Sorhus
Initiation
10. GitHubber
decides they love GitHub so much, they join GitHub full-time
