FOSS Course, UPenn, Murphy

HERE WE GO!!

This page has the activities and assignments for a 10 week course (the 11th week is finals) on participation in a FOSS project

Overview

Overview goes here!

Learning Objectives

Learning objectives go here!

Prerequisites

Prerequisites go here!

Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics/Activities	Reading Assignments
1	Course Overview, Intro to FOSS Something Something Else Blogs, IRC, and GitHub Learning Activity	Wikipedia article on FOSS Eric Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar Richard Stallman, "Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software"
2	FOSS Background Something Something Else FOSS Field Trip and Project Evaluation Learning Activity
3	Getting Started in FOSS Something Something Else Start Getting Involved in Project Learning Activity
4	Ways of Contributing to FOSS
5	What Motivates People to Contribute to FOSS Something Something Else
6	Licensing and Legal Issues Something Something Else
7	FOSS Business Models and Opportunities Something Something Else
8	HFOSS Something Something Else
9	FOSS Success Stories Something Something Else
10	Starting and Growing a FOSS Community Something Something Else
11	Criticisms of FOSS Something Something Else