This course introduces students to Free/Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS). It takes the classic form of a lecture with associated weekly exercises.The topics of the lectures are:
Introduction to open source
Open source and intellectual property
Open source project communities
Open source software engineering
Corporate open source governance
Open source developer foundations
Open source user foundations
Open source distributors
Single-vendor open source firms
Open source labor economics
More details can be found in the course syllabus at http://goo.gl/gEjk2.
Students of computer science (Informatik) should note that this is course is less about technology and more about economics and the software industry.
The course combines weekly lectures with homework. Homework typically involves reading materials and summarizing these readings in short one-page documents.
The overall schedule can be found at http://goo.gl/V6gYj. Please sign up for the course on StudOn (link accessible through schedule spreadsheet) as soon as possible.
Lernziele und Kompetenzen
Students will gain a conceptual understanding of
key aspects of the software industry
how open source software projects work
how open source is changing the software industry
Studien- und Prüfungsleistungen