ANU College of
ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Free & Open Source Software (FOSS)
The ANU Department of Computer Science is offering a Masters of Computing (five day intensive) course scheduled for Autumn 2009 (April).
Lecturers: Dr. Andrew Tridgell & Mr. Bob Edwards
Want to learn how FOSS development works? Are you interested in the technical, legal and social aspects of the free software community? If so, then this could be the course for you...
of experience in developing FOSS software. Interspersed with the practical sessions will be a series of lectures explaining important aspects of FOSS development, including topics such as:
About the course
This course aims to teach students about FOSS in a very practical manner. Students will learn about FOSS by studying and participating in real projects, with practical tutorial sessions making up most of the course time. The course will be run over five intensive days at the ANU in Canberra, and will be led by a lecturer with 20 yearsof experience in developing FOSS software. Interspersed with the practical sessions will be a series of lectures explaining important aspects of FOSS development, including topics such as:
- The history of FOSS
- How FOSS communities are organised and governed
- How the development cycle works
- How FOSS licenses work
- legal issues faced by FOSS projects
- Source code control systems
- Bug tracking and quality control
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