Some of these guidelines are pretty nasty and serious, some of them are very, very subtle. For example, when reading this rule:<p>"5. Employ large amounts of legalese. Working with the project should involve complex contributor agreements, web site content licensing, non-disclosure agreements, trademark licenses, and so on. [...]"<p>I can't help but be reminded of the process involved in contributing to Clojure:<p><a href="http://clojure.org/contributing" rel="nofollow">http://clojure.org/contributing</a><p>Obviously this comparison is not fair to the Clojure project, but if you squint a little bit, some contributors might be scared off by even the smallest roadblock.