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=Introduction=
The fall is broken into two parts. First, general open source and and community (i.e., Mozilla) specific skills and ideas are taught. Students learn how to deal with the tools, techniques, and practices of their chosen project and its community. Second, we go deep into open web development with a case study.
=Part I – Essential Open Source Development Skills and Concepts=
== Introduction ==
* Course introduction
* Success in this course requires:
** Willingness to be lost and not panic
** Curiosity
** Being driven, persistence
** Willingness to ask for help
** Willingness to give others help
** Independent learning
** Doing more, much more, than the bare minimum
* Intro to open source
** Proprietary Licenses, EULAs
*** [http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx Microsoft]
*** [http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/ Apple], [http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA]
*** [http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/legal/terms/tou/ Skype]
** Open Licenses
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause BSD]
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GPL]
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT]
*** [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache]
*** [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ MPL]
* '''Lab - Intro to Git'''
** Complete the [http://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 online git introduction at Code School].
* '''TODO'''
** Create an '''account''' on this wiki for yourself (note: requires manual creation)
** Create a '''blog''' (wordpress or blogspot or whatever) and create a feed category or tag called "open source"
** Read the [[Blog Guidelines]] for instructions on how to use your blog in the course
** Add your '''blog feed''' and info to the [[Open Source@Seneca Planet List]] so that it appears in the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet OpenSource@Seneca Planet]
** Pick one Closed and one Open license/eula, and read them from start to finish. Pick '''3 things that struck you''', blog about it and your reactions to the readings this week.
** Begin learning how to use [[Irc|IRC]] for communication. We'll cover this in detail next week, but it's better to get started early.
The fall is broken into two parts. First, general open source and and community (i.e., Mozilla) specific skills and ideas are taught. Students learn how to deal with the tools, techniques, and practices of their chosen project and its community. Second, we go deep into open web development with a case study.
=Part I – Essential Open Source Development Skills and Concepts=
== Introduction ==
* Course introduction
* Success in this course requires:
** Willingness to be lost and not panic
** Curiosity
** Being driven, persistence
** Willingness to ask for help
** Willingness to give others help
** Independent learning
** Doing more, much more, than the bare minimum
* Intro to open source
** Proprietary Licenses, EULAs
*** [http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx Microsoft]
*** [http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/ Apple], [http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA]
*** [http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/legal/terms/tou/ Skype]
** Open Licenses
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause BSD]
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GPL]
*** [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT]
*** [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache]
*** [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ MPL]
* '''Lab - Intro to Git'''
** Complete the [http://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 online git introduction at Code School].
* '''TODO'''
** Create an '''account''' on this wiki for yourself (note: requires manual creation)
** Create a '''blog''' (wordpress or blogspot or whatever) and create a feed category or tag called "open source"
** Read the [[Blog Guidelines]] for instructions on how to use your blog in the course
** Add your '''blog feed''' and info to the [[Open Source@Seneca Planet List]] so that it appears in the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet OpenSource@Seneca Planet]
** Pick one Closed and one Open license/eula, and read them from start to finish. Pick '''3 things that struck you''', blog about it and your reactions to the readings this week.
** Begin learning how to use [[Irc|IRC]] for communication. We'll cover this in detail next week, but it's better to get started early.