Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
CS38110
Module Title
OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Co-Requisite
None
Mutually Exclusive
None
Pre-Requisite
None
Other Staff
Course Delivery
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Brief description
Open Source software is normally considered to be freely available, with few restrictions on its use. The programmers are not paid directly for their work, but may make money from consulting or books. Whether or not our students wish to follow such a career, the subject is worthy of study from an academic standpoint alone.
Content
1. What is Open Source and why you should care about it.
2. A Brief History of the open source development culture
3. Contrasting two main methods of building large pieces of software: "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
Teams led by a chief architect, as opposed to software development led by users.
Open sourcing initiated by companies.
4. The property and ownership customs of the open-source culture.
Legal issues including licensing, using open source software in other packages, which may come under a different licence.
5. The economics of open source software.
How to make money out of Open Source software.
6. Current issues and future challenges.
Is Open Source a threat to big corporations? Are there implications for national governments?
2. A Brief History of the open source development culture
3. Contrasting two main methods of building large pieces of software: "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
Teams led by a chief architect, as opposed to software development led by users.
Open sourcing initiated by companies.
4. The property and ownership customs of the open-source culture.
Legal issues including licensing, using open source software in other packages, which may come under a different licence.
5. The economics of open source software.
How to make money out of Open Source software.
6. Current issues and future challenges.
Is Open Source a threat to big corporations? Are there implications for national governments?
Reading List
General TextRaymond, Eric S. (2001.) The cathedral and the bazaar :musings on Linux and Open Source by an accidental revolutionary /Eric S. Raymond ; with a foreword by Bob Young. Rev. ed. O'Reilly Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6