Community-based Software Development for MDE Tools

Many open source projects stagnate after an initial push and end-up fading away. In this talk we will argue that, most of the time, the reason has nothing to do with the quality of the software itself but with the project's inability to attract and support a healthy community around it. The community of contributors and also the users must take an active role. MDE tools are not an exception to this challenge. We will review several actions and strategies that OSS project managers of MDE tools could put into practice to reverse this situation, mostly taken from other disciplines like social science, economy and political science.