Are there any rules of good taste when designing an Open-Source product?

Question

open source

I recently posted a thread about FireTalks .
After a little discussion, we decided to open our code - and now we want to do it right.
Are there any rules for opening code?
Is it enough to just put the code in a zip on our website or do we need to publish it somewhere else?
- Open-Source implies connecting third-party developers to the project - is it necessary to provide something for this? Some forum or blog?
- Naturally, the distribution will take place under some kind of license. Which one exactly is the question. If you have any advice or recommendations - I will be glad.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There are no specific rules.
If you simply post the code on your site, then you should understand that only the one to whom you give the link can download it. If you have a medium-sized project that is not profitable for you to maintain on your own, then post it on one of the sites: sourceforge, googlecode, etc.
Regarding licenses, you need to choose from: GNU GPL or BSD, MIT, etc. The first obliges you to open the code of projects that are based on your code. The second allows you to do whatever you want with the code. There are licenses compatible with the GPL, there are incompatible ones.