I highly recommend to read this article:
http://daniel.gredler.net/2009/02/18/how-to-start-a-successful-open-source-project/
Have Fun!
After this you surely will be a sceptical about open source projects being the number one 😉
The web site of shine is still available, but nearly all other things were removed from sourceforge.
Shine Enterprise Java Pattern
Shine Enterprise Java Pattern has been developed for variety of application. This pattern has these parts:
• Maplet: a framework for doing web projects which are coincidence with MVC architecture. This framework helps developers to follow a standard pattern for developing a web application. Maplet helps developers to save time of developing and extending.
• JShooter: a framework that makes reflects oriented programming an easy job for developers. Meanwhile it helps distributing application on the network.
• JConnection: This package helps developers to work with JDBC and Hibernate easier than before.
• Util: This package helps developers in these subjects:
1- File System
2- Runtime
3- Compiler
4- System Information
5- Web Socket
6- MD5
7- Thread
8- Validation
9- XML Parsing
10- Web uploading
refer to http://community.jboss.org/wiki/ShineEnterpriseJavaPattern and read more