This book has been written to help students and professionals as well to work on free and open source software (F/OSS) projects. These software projects are released under a freely distributable license which allow you to use, copy, make changes, and distribute the software. This is different from proprietary software, where you only receive an executable under a restrictive license, and the source code is not provided to you. The book teaches you the methodology to be followed when working with F/OSS projects and similar programs. This will help you to become a valuable contributor to these projects, and get wide recognition as an individual. Topics covered in this book: Mailing List Guidelines Attention to Detail Project Communication Project Guidelines Development Guidelines Methodology of Work Tools Reading and Writing Art of Making Presentations Sustenance Shakthi Kannan is a Free Software enthusiast who blogs at shakthimaan.com. He can be reached at author@shakthimaan.com. He has been advocating the use of F/OSS across India. His online presence is by the name @shakthimaan.