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|'''Title''' || OS Project Comparison Activity
 
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|'''Overview''' || In this activity, students compare and contrast three different open source projects (Android, Ushahidi, Red Hat). Students will gain a basic understanding of why these exist as open source projects and how they function. Additionally, students will explore the open source licensing used by each. Students will read material about each project and answer specific questions for the comparison.
 
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|'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || None.
 
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|'''Learning Objectives''' ||
 
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* Learn the purpose of an open source project
 
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* Learn the different kinds of licenses under which projects are developed
 
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* Learn the reason a specific project is created
 
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* Learn how to contribute to an open source project
 
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=== Background: ===
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OS Project Comparison Activity
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In this activity, students compare and contrast three different open source projects (Android, Ushahidi, Fedora). Students will gain a basic understanding of why these exist as open source projects, as well as the operating models and licensing used by each. Students will be provided with directed readings and will answer specific questions to develop the comparisons.
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None
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* Learn the purpose of an open source project
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* Learn the different operational models and licenses under which projects are developed
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* Learn the reason a specific project is created
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* Learn how to contribute to an open source project
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Are there other activities the student should have done first?
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=== Background ===
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While this activity is tailored to compare and contrast three specific projects,
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any open source project can be used if there is a point of comparison.
  
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What is the rational for this activity?
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=== Directions ===
  
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* While this activity is tailored with three specific project, it can be used for any projects of choice if there is a point of comparison.
 
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=== Directions: ===
 
 
Given the following material for three different open source projects:
 
Given the following material for three different open source projects:
 
# Android Development Platform
 
# Android Development Platform
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#* http://www.ushahidi.com/product/ushahidi/  
 
#* http://www.ushahidi.com/product/ushahidi/  
 
# RedHat
 
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#* https://youtu.be/vhYMRtqvMg8
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#* http://timreview.ca/article/513
 
#* http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/02/how-red-hat-killed-its-core-productand-became-a-billion-dollar-business/
 
#* http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/02/how-red-hat-killed-its-core-productand-became-a-billion-dollar-business/
  
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For each project answer the following questions:
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# What is each Project about?
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# What is the project about?
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# Why is listed project open source?
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# Why is the project open source?
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# What kind of open project is it? ( hint: find the project license)
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# What kind of open project is it? Describe the operating model and the license(s) used.
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# How can you contribute to that specific project
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# In what ways can one contribute to the project? Are there any limitations?
  
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=== Deliverable: ===
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=== Deliverable ===
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Submit a report including your answers. Your answer for each of the questions should be a page to a page and half long.
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=== Assessment: ===
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Submit a report with your answers. Your responses for each project should be a page to a page and half long.
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=== Assessment ===
  
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=== Comments: ===
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What should the instructor know before using this activity?
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|'''Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit''' || Social Issues and Professional Practice/Intellectual Property
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|'''Topic''' || Foundations of the open source movement [Familiarity]
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|'''Level of Difficulty''' || Introductory
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| '''The purpose of the project'''
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| Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors. Student does not comprehensively understand the purpose of a project
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| Answer is clear, uses correct language, indicates the purpose of each project, including what need the project fulfills
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|'''Estimated Time to Completion''' || 3-4 hours
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| '''Why the project is open source'''
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| Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors or not enough supporting arguments
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| Answer is clear, uses correct language and provides supporting arguments
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|'''Materials/Environment''' || Internet access required
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| '''The different operating models and licenses using for each project'''
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|'''Author''' || Darci Burdge, Ruby El Kharboutly, Gina Likins, Lori Postner
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| '''How to contribute to the project'''
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|'''Source''' || N/A
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|'''License''' || Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)
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=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project: ===
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=== Comments ===
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Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
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The instructor should have a basic understanding of open source models and licensing.  If you're partnering with an open source project, you might consider adding that project to the list of projects being examined.
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=== Additional Information ===
  
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{{Learning Activity Info
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|acm unit=
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Social Issues and Professional Practice/Intellectual Property
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Foundations of the open source movement [Familiarity]
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introductory
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3-4 hours
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Internet access
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Darci Burdge, Ruby El Kharboutly, Gina Likins, Lori Postner
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N/A
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{{License CC BY SA}}
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=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project ===
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This work is licensed under a
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[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License]
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[[File:CC_license.png]]
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If you can provide this same set of information to your instructor partner and/or discuss it with the students (over IRC, for example), it would provide an opportunity for students to ask questions about project decisions that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to.
  
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 8 September 2018


Title

OS Project Comparison Activity

Overview

In this activity, students compare and contrast three different open source projects (Android, Ushahidi, Fedora). Students will gain a basic understanding of why these exist as open source projects, as well as the operating models and licensing used by each. Students will be provided with directed readings and will answer specific questions to develop the comparisons.

Prerequisites

None

Learning
Objectives 		After successfully completing this activity, the learner should be able to:
  • Learn the purpose of an open source project
  • Learn the different operational models and licenses under which projects are developed
  • Learn the reason a specific project is created
  • Learn how to contribute to an open source project
Process Skills
Practiced


Background

While this activity is tailored to compare and contrast three specific projects, any open source project can be used if there is a point of comparison.

Directions

Given the following material for three different open source projects:

  1. Android Development Platform
  2. Ushahidi
  3. RedHat

For each project answer the following questions:

  1. What is the project about?
  2. Why is the project open source?
  3. What kind of open project is it? Describe the operating model and the license(s) used.
  4. In what ways can one contribute to the project? Are there any limitations?

Deliverable

Submit a report with your answers. Your responses for each project should be a page to a page and half long.

Assessment

Criteria Partial Credit Complete Credit
Understand:
The purpose of the project Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors. Student does not comprehensively understand the purpose of a project Answer is clear, uses correct language, indicates the purpose of each project, including what need the project fulfills
Why the project is open source Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors or not enough supporting arguments Answer is clear, uses correct language and provides supporting arguments
The different operating models and licenses using for each project Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors or partially answers the question Answer is clear, uses correct language and correctly answers the question
How to contribute to the project Answer is not clear, some grammatical or logical errors or partially answer the question Answer is clear, uses correct language and correctly answers the question

Comments

The instructor should have a basic understanding of open source models and licensing. If you're partnering with an open source project, you might consider adding that project to the list of projects being examined.

Additional Information

ACM BoK
Area & Unit(s)

Social Issues and Professional Practice/Intellectual Property

ACM BoK
Topic(s)

Foundations of the open source movement [Familiarity]

Difficulty

introductory

Estimated Time
to Complete

3-4 hours

Environment /
Materials

Internet access

Author(s)

Darci Burdge, Ruby El Kharboutly, Gina Likins, Lori Postner

Source

N/A

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

CC license.png


Suggestions for the Open Source Project

If you can provide this same set of information to your instructor partner and/or discuss it with the students (over IRC, for example), it would provide an opportunity for students to ask questions about project decisions that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to.

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