You Get What You Ask For (YGWYAF)!

From Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck:

People respond to the expectations of their management. Software development leaders will not flourish in an organization that values process, documentation, and conformance to plan above all else. An organization will get what it values, ...

Software Craftsmanships

From Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck:

New programmers start as apprentices to master craftsmen. As they become skilled, they teach other apprentices and eventually journey to work with other master craftsmen. Journeymen disseminate ideas and develop broad skills, eventually becoming master craftsmen themselves.

Intrinsic Motivation

From Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck:

Intrinsic motivation requires a feeling of belonging, a feeling of safety, a sense of competence, and sense of progress.

Failure is Inevitable

Failure is inevitable if you are part of something that you believe will not work.
Failure is inevitable if you are made to believe that you are not capable of doing a good job.

Don't Expect Perfection

There is a difference between setting high standards vs. requiring perfection down to the smallest detail (zero tolerance for mistakes). The former pushes people to do better. The latter kills initiative.

Encourage, don't nitpick.

Moving on...

cd my-free-software-projects
rm -fr .svn
rm -fr CVS
git init
git add .
git commit
git remote add github http://github.com/sandeepshetty
git push github master