XP-Dev.com Documentation - User Guide - Open Source Projects
Open Source Projects
Projects on XP-Dev.com that have been marked as open source (steps described below) have the following permissions:
| Type | Everyone | Logged in XP-Dev.com Users & Project Readers |
Project Writers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiki Pages | Read | Read + Commenting | Write + Commenting |
| Forums | Read | Read + Commenting | Write + Commenting |
| Project Tracking Stories, Tasks, Bugs, Iterations, Filters |
Read | Read + Commenting | Write + Commenting |
| Published Blogs | Read | Read + Commenting | Write + Commenting |
| Source Control (repository) | Read | Read | Write |
Creating Open Source Projects
- To create an open source project, just ensure that the “Open Source Project” checkbox is ticked on when creating the project

Enabling/Disabling Open Source on Existing Projects
- Head over to your project’s Settings tab.
- Turn on/off the checkbox next to Open Source Project
- Click on Save Project
Do remember that marking your project as open source will alter its permission levels as described in the table above. Everyone, including web crawlers have read access to open source projects on XP-Dev.com.

