DPS909 & OSD600 Fall 2018

Week 1

• Course introduction
  • DPS909
  • OSD600
  • How to have Success in this course

• Discussion/Readings
  • What is Open Source? The Open Source Definition
  • Microsoft buys GitHub for 7.5 Billion - "We're all in on open source"
  • Julia Evans, "How to teach yourself hard things"

• Releases
  • 4 releases, some with multiple bugs/PRs required
  • Chance to work on real code, real projects
  • Big learning curve, lots of time required
  • Amazing chance to gain experience, network, build your skills and resume

• Let's talk about Copyright and Open Source Licenses
  • IANAL
  • We're going to explore licensing from the POV of a developer participating in open projects

• Copyright (Copyright in Canada video)
  • Who created it, "owns" it.
  • Set of exclusive rights granted to the work's creator
  • "The right to copy," to produce or reproduce a work or substantial portion thereof
  • Copyright is automatic when a work is created, you don't have to register it.
  • Copyright in Canada
  • Copyright Guide
  • In a software project, there can be many copyright holders (e.g., many contributors), or all contributors may assign their copyright to the project (e.g., CLA, which we'll cover later)

• Slack
  • https://seneca-open-source.slack.com
  • Slack, Getting Started
  • Tour the Slack app