| Week | Date | Lecture/Discussion Topics | Required Reading (before class) | Homework/Assignments | Additional Resources | |
| 1 | Sep 8 --- 10 |
Course Overview Free Software vs. Open Source |
HFOSS Projects: POSIT, Sahana, Collabit
Stallman (2009), Why 'open source' misses the point of free software. |
Browse HFOSS Projects
HW 0: Blog post |
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| 2 | Sep 15 --- 17 |
3-Tier Architecture / LAMP / Eclipse Free software movement |
Setting up LAMP and Eclipse Stallman, Free software, free society, Section 1. |
HW 1: A simple program |
Lessig on Colbert Free Software Song |
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| 3 | Sep 22 --- 24 |
FOSS methodology DB Essentials / PhpMyAdmin |
Eric Steven Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar DB Concepts, MySQL |
HW 2: Login script |
RMS vs. ESR,
ESR vs. RMS PhPMyAdmin |
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| 4 | Sep 29 Oct 1 |
Setting up a FOSS project Revision control systems |
Fogel, Producing Open Source Softwarem Ch 1-3 Revision Control Overview |
HW 3: Multideveloper App Project Decisions |
CVS, SVN, GIT |
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| 5 | Oct 6 --- 8 |
FOSS project management SVN Usage; Documentation |
Fogel, Ch 4-6 PhpDocumentor, JavaDoc |
HW 4: Project reviews |
PhpDocumentor JavaDoc |
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| 6 | Oct 13 --- 15 |
Trinity Days--no class Project Overviews |
Student Project Reviews |
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HCryptoJ |
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| 7 | Oct 20 --- 22 |
FOSS Project Code & Volunteer Management Starting a FOSS Project |
Fogel, Ch 7-8 Case Study: HcryptoJ Launch |
HW 5: Code Review, Testing, Bug Reports
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| 8 | Oct 27 --- 29 |
FOSS Licenses Projects: Testing and Bug Reports |
Fogel, Ch 9; Stallman, Section 2 |
HW 6: FOSS Licenses
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Fedora License List
Tom Callaway Video FOSS-Licenses Notes (pdf) |
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| 9 | Nov 3 --- 5 |
Open Source 2.0 Projects: Testing, Bug Reports |
Open Sources 2.0, Introduction |
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Halloween Documents
Burning Man |
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| 10 | Nov 10 --- 12 |
OS 2.0: Mozilla Projects: Patching, Bug Fixing |
Baker, Mozilla Project: Past & Future
Mozilla v. Google |
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| 11 | Nov 17 --- 19 |
OS 2.0: Beyond Open Source Projects: Patching, Bug Fixing |
OS 2.0, Ch 16-17
Software Freedom Week Activities W: 5:00 PM Cinestudio Documentary: Revolution OS Th: 5:00 PM, CPSC Dinner (RSVP) Th: 7:30 PM, Leslie Hawthorn, "Social Change Begins with Software", Washington Room (PDF) |
HW 7: Software Freedom Week | ||
| 12 | Nov 24 --- 26 |
OS 2.0: Beyond Open Source Thanksgiving Recess |
OS 2.0, Select a Chapter
No class |
Termpaper Assignment | ||
| 13 | Dec 1 --- 3 |
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| 14 | Dec 8 --- 10 |
Presentations Presentations |