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	# Free/Open Source Software: A General Introduction, by Kenneth Wong and Phet Sayo, published by International Open Source Network and United Nations Development Programme		# Free/Open Source Software: A General Introduction, by Kenneth Wong and Phet Sayo, published by International Open Source Network and United Nations Development Programme
	# Producing OSS (http://producingoss.com) by Karl Fogel		# Producing OSS (http://producingoss.com) by Karl Fogel
	# Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman (www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf)		# Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf)

	==References==		==References==

Pravs: Sat with Abhijith to finalize this

2010-11-19T17:01:59Z

Sat with Abhijith to finalize this

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	~~We need to focus on these 3 areas:~~		=Course Objectives=
	# ~~open-source ecosystem that exist in~~ the ~~current world.~~		# Student knows the foss ecosystem and its philosophical and technical aspects
	~~# To get qualitative and quantitative contributions from the student to the FOSS~~ ecosystem and ~~projects by his creative~~ and ~~innovative ideas~~		# Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project
	# ~~To strengthen~~ the ~~technical capabilities~~ of the ~~student~~		# Student knows the foss development workflow
			# Student is capable of designing, implementing, deploying, maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a problem

	FOSS ~~is not only a technical solution for a problem~~ of ~~society, It is a way~~		==Theory Course==
	of ~~collaborative way~~ of ~~approaching and solving problems . A path for~~		===Unit 1: Free and Open Source Software philosophy and history [4]===
	~~innovative ideas in technology and society by working together and~~		FOSS definition; Free and Open Source Software; GNU project; History of GNU/Linux development; Development process of important FOSS software; Development process of various GNU/Linux distributions
	~~sharing knowledge.~~

	~~Some~~ of ~~the topics~~ to ~~be covered:~~		===Unit 2: Legal, social aspects of FOSS and parallels in other fields [4]===
			Various licenses including GPL, LGPL, BSD, etc; Copyleft; Patents, copyrights and trademarks; Concept of free culture with reference to Wikipedia, Creative Commons, Open Street Map; Open Movies; Open Access Journals; Open Standards; Open Hardware

	~~# A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and history so far.~~ Practical aspects of FOSS: ~~making money and running busines~~		===Unit 3: Practical aspects of FOSS: business models [6]===
	~~# The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be~~ a ~~good reference for this. Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as~~		Sharing the burden; Augmenting services; Supporting Hardware Sales; Undermining a competitor; Dual licencesing; Donations; Support service; Study of examples of each type of business model
	~~## Developer communities~~
	~~## Mailing lists~~
	~~## IRC~~
	~~## Wiki~~
	~~## Version control~~
	~~## Bug tracking~~
	~~## Non technical issue resolution~~
	~~## Getting people to work in~~ ~~a project~~
	~~## 'Assigning' work or getting the work done~~
	~~## Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance~~
	~~All these above areas should be introduced with the help~~ of ~~case~~
	~~studies and students should work with communities to get to know the~~
	~~"Producing~~ of ~~OSS"~~

	~~Student should know the technical aspects of the above items too. For~~		===Unit 4: FOSS development process and tools [10]===
	eg: ~~installing a version~~ control ~~system~~ and ~~its use~~, ~~Managing a wiki~~,		Development environments: Eclipse, Anjuta, Kdevlope, Netbeans; Version control; Bug tracking; Wiki; Mailing lists; Forums; Developer communities; IRC; Non technical issue resolution; Promotion; Communication: You are what you write, structure and content, tone, face, pitfalls, best practices; Process:Benevolent dictators, do-ocracy, consensus based democracy
	~~Running a mailing list~~, ~~Hands own experience with a bug tracking~~
	~~system~~

	~~A practical evaluation~~ based ~~on the involvement in a foss project will be good~~		===Unit 5: Packaging applications [6]===
			Package; Package management tools; Building a package; Packaging guidelines; Package acceptance criterion; Packaging for .deb and .rpm based distributions

	~~# Technical capability strengthening~~		===Unit 6: Case studies [8]===
	~~## System administration~~		Following projects: Linux kernel, GNU Project, Open office, Mozilla Firefox, Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Silpa, LaTeX, Vlc, Mplayer, Virtualbox, MySQL, Postgresql, Sugar, Gnome, KDE, Blender, Google Chrome, Vuze, Scilab, Octave, Pidgin, Evolution, Thunderbird
	~~## network administration~~
	~~## Website maintenance & design~~
	~~## Database management~~
	~~## Shell scripting+ intro to~~ ~~programming languages like python~~, ~~C/C++~~
	~~# Exposure to the FOSS usage in society~~
	~~## e-governance~~, ~~library management~~, ~~public websites~~, ~~disaster management~~
	~~## language computing~~, ~~l10n~~, ~~i18n~~

	At the ~~end of~~ the course, the following ~~should be~~ the ~~expectations~~		==Laboratory Course==
	# ~~student know the foss ecosystem~~ and ~~its philosophical~~ and ~~technical aspects~~		===List of assignments===
	# ~~Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project~~
	# ~~Student know~~ the ~~foss development workflow~~		* Mediawiki: Set up a mediawiki installation with configuration specified by the instructor.
	# ~~Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying +maintaining a FOSS based solution~~ for the ~~society for solving a problem~~		* Version Control: Install, configure and create a project for the course using git version control system.
			Note: this project will be used for all your work during the course
			* Forums: Install, configure a php bulletin board with access control as specified by the instructor.
			* Development:
			** Start participating in at least 1 known FOSS project
			** Take up a task as specified by the instructor
			** Test the software and report bugs to the community
			** Improve the software as per the specification and with quality acceptable to the community.
			* Packaging
			** Demonstrate your packaging capabilities by maitaining packages in upstream distributions
			* Technical capability strengthening: One of the following (in discussion with the instructor)
			*# System administration
			*# network administration
			*# Website maintenance & design
			*# Database management
			*# Shell scripting and intro to programming languages like python, C/C++

			==Textbooks==
			# Introduction to Free Software, by David Megías Jiménez and David Megías Jiménez (coordinator) et.al., Published by SELF Project (http://www.selfproject.eu/en/Coursebook_Intro_Free_Software)
			# Free/Open Source Software: A General Introduction, by Kenneth Wong and Phet Sayo, published by International Open Source Network and United Nations Development Programme
			# Producing OSS (http://producingoss.com) by Karl Fogel
			# Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman (www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf)

			==References==
			# The Cathedral and the Bazaar (CatB), by Eric S. Raymond Published by O'Reilly Media
			# GNU Project Website http://www.gnu.org
			# Free Technology Academy Materials http://ftacademy.org/materials
			# Various online resources for learning the tools

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	# A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and history so far. Practical aspects of FOSS: making money and running busines		# A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and history so far. Practical aspects of FOSS: making money and running busines
	# The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be a good reference for this. Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as		# The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be a good reference for this. Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as
			## Developer communities
	* Developer communities		## Mailing lists
	* Mailing lists		## IRC
	* IRC		## Wiki
	* Wiki		## Version control
	* Version control		## Bug tracking
	* Bug tracking		## Non technical issue resolution
	* Non technical issue resolution		## Getting people to work in a project
	* Getting people to work in a project		## 'Assigning' work or getting the work done
	* 'Assigning' work or getting the work done		## Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance
	* Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance

	All these above areas should be introduced with the help of case		All these above areas should be introduced with the help of case
	studies and students should work with communities to get to know the		studies and students should work with communities to get to know the
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	A practical evaluation based on the involvement in a foss project will be good		A practical evaluation based on the involvement in a foss project will be good

	* Technical capability strengthening		# Technical capability strengthening
	a) System administration		## System administration
	b) network administration		## network administration
	c) Website maintenance & design		## Website maintenance & design
	d) Database management		## Database management
	e) Shell scripting+ intro to programming languages like python, C/C++		## Shell scripting+ intro to programming languages like python, C/C++
			# Exposure to the FOSS usage in society
	* Exposure to the FOSS usage in society		## e-governance, library management, public websites, disaster management
	a) e-governance, library management, public websites, disaster management		## language computing, l10n, i18n
	b) language computing, l10n, i18n

	At the end of the course, the following should be the expectations		At the end of the course, the following should be the expectations
	1. student know the foss ecosystem and its philosophical and technical aspects		# student know the foss ecosystem and its philosophical and technical aspects
	2. Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project		# Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project
	3. Student know the foss development workflow		# Student know the foss development workflow
	4. Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying +maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a problem		# Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying +maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a problem

Missing actor at 12:03, 20 October 2010

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	We need to focus on these 3 areas:		We need to focus on these 3 areas:
	~~1. A curriculum that introduces the student to the free and~~		# open-source ecosystem that exist in the current world.
	open-source ecosystem that exist in the current world.		# To get qualitative and quantitative contributions from the student to the FOSS ecosystem and projects by his creative and innovative ideas
	2. To get qualitative and quantitative contributions from the student		# To strengthen the technical capabilities of the student
	to the FOSS ecosystem and projects by his creative and innovative
	ideas		FOSS is not only a technical solution for a problem of society, It is a way
	3. To strengthen the technical capabilities of the student
	~~The curriculum provided by you focus only in the 3rd aspect and~~
	~~completely ignores the first 2 parts. Knowing a server administration~~
	~~or LAMP configuration doesn't serve the purpose of a improved FOSS~~
	~~ecosystem other than solving a specific practical solution.~~ FOSS is
	not only a technical solution for a problem of society, It is a way
	of collaborative way of approaching and solving problems . A path for		of collaborative way of approaching and solving problems . A path for
	innovative ideas in technology and society by working together and		innovative ideas in technology and society by working together and
	sharing knowledge.		sharing knowledge.
	~~To be specific, I can point out some~~ of the topics to be covered:
	* A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and		Some of the topics to be covered:
	history so far. Practical aspects of FOSS: making money and running
	busines		# A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and history so far. Practical aspects of FOSS: making money and running busines
	* The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing		# The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be a good reference for this. Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as
	OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be a good reference for this.
	Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as		* Developer communities
	a) Developer communities		* Mailing lists
	b) Mailing lists		* IRC
	c) IRC		* Wiki
	d) Wiki		* Version control
	e) Version control		* Bug tracking
	f) Bug tracking		* Non technical issue resolution
	g) Non technical issue resolution		* Getting people to work in a project
	h) Getting people to work in a project		* 'Assigning' work or getting the work done
	i) 'Assigning' work or getting the work done		* Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance
	j) Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance
	All these above areas should be introduced with the help of case		All these above areas should be introduced with the help of case
	studies and students should work with communities to get to know the		studies and students should work with communities to get to know the
	"Producing of OSS"		"Producing of OSS"

	Student should know the technical aspects of the above items too. For		Student should know the technical aspects of the above items too. For
	eg: installing a version control system and its use, Managing a wiki,		eg: installing a version control system and its use, Managing a wiki,
	Running a mailing list, Hands own experience with a bug tracking		Running a mailing list, Hands own experience with a bug tracking
	system		system

	A practical evaluation based on the involvement in a foss project will be good		A practical evaluation based on the involvement in a foss project will be good
	*Technical capability strengthening
			* Technical capability strengthening
	a) System administration		a) System administration
	b) network administration		b) network administration
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	2. Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project		2. Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project
	3. Student know the foss development workflow		3. Student know the foss development workflow
	4. Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying		4. Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying +maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a problem
	+maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a
	problem

Pravs: Ideas from Santhish Thottingal

2010-10-19T10:10:25Z

Ideas from Santhish Thottingal

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We need to focus on these 3 areas:
1. A curriculum that introduces the student to the free and
open-source ecosystem that exist in the current world.
2. To get qualitative and quantitative contributions from the student
to the FOSS ecosystem and projects by his creative and innovative
ideas
3. To strengthen the technical capabilities of the student
The curriculum provided by you focus only in the 3rd aspect and
completely ignores the first 2 parts. Knowing a server administration
or LAMP configuration doesn't serve the purpose of a improved FOSS
ecosystem other than solving a specific practical solution. FOSS is
not only a technical solution for a problem of society, It is a way
of collaborative way of approaching and solving problems . A path for
innovative ideas in technology and society by working together and
sharing knowledge.
To be specific, I can point out some of the topics to be covered:
* A brief introduction to Free and Opensource software philosophy and
history so far. Practical aspects of FOSS: making money and running
busines
* The community based FOSS development process: The book 'Producing
OSS'(http://producingoss.com/) can be a good reference for this.
Students should be introduced to the foss ecosystem, such as
a) Developer communities
b) Mailing lists
c) IRC
d) Wiki
e) Version control
f) Bug tracking
g) Non technical issue resolution
h) Getting people to work in a project
i) 'Assigning' work or getting the work done
j) Legal aspects- various licenses and compatibilities and compliance
All these above areas should be introduced with the help of case
studies and students should work with communities to get to know the
"Producing of OSS"
Student should know the technical aspects of the above items too. For
eg: installing a version control system and its use, Managing a wiki,
Running a mailing list, Hands own experience with a bug tracking
system
A practical evaluation based on the involvement in a foss project will be good
*Technical capability strengthening
a) System administration
b) network administration
c) Website maintenance & design
d) Database management
e) Shell scripting+ intro to programming languages like python, C/C++

* Exposure to the FOSS usage in society
a) e-governance, library management, public websites, disaster management
b) language computing, l10n, i18n

At the end of the course, the following should be the expectations
1. student know the foss ecosystem and its philosophical and technical aspects
2. Student is capable for leading a foss project or working with a foss project
3. Student know the foss development workflow
4. Student is capable of designing +implementing + deploying
+maintaining a FOSS based solution for the society for solving a
problem