OS Project Comparison Activity

Title	OS Project Comparison Activity
Overview	In this activity, students compare and contrast different kinds of open source projects. Three projects (Android Platform, Ushahidi, RedHat) of different nature and under different licenses are introduced and students have to read the material about each project and answer specific questions for the comparison.
Prerequisite Knowledge	None.
Learning Objectives	* Learn the purpose of an open source project * Learn the different kinds of licenses under which projects are developed * Learn the reason a specific project is created * Learn how to contribute to an open source project

Background:

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Are there other activities the student should have done first?

What is the rational for this activity?

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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.

Directions:

Given the following material for three different open source projects, answer the following questions:

1. Android Development Platform

• • https://source.android.com/source/index.html
  • http://source.android.com/source/faqs.html

Deliverables:

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Assessment:

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How will learning will be measured?

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Comments:

What should the instructor know before using this activity?

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Additional Information:

Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit	What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf knowledge area and units does this activity cover?
Topic	What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf
Level of Difficulty	Is this activity easy, medium or challenging?
Estimated Time to Completion	How long should it take for the student to complete the activity?
Materials/Environment	What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.?
Author	Who wrote this activity?
Source	Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource.
License	Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)

Suggestions for the Open Source Project:

Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.

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