Open Source management

NB! This page now reflects the Spring 2010 course! The stuff is under construction.

Course Schedule

 * 1) Monday, January 25, T-321, 10.15 - 11.45
 * 2) * Course intro – what is going to happen
 * 3) * lecture: FLOSS definition, differences from proprietary models. Free Software vs Open Source vs Freeware. FSF vs OSI
 * 4) * homework – some readings (Stallman vs Raymond). Write a review (can be blogged or e-mailed; deadline: next Monday)
 * 5) Monday, January 25. T-321, 12.15-13.45
 * 6) * lecture/demonstration/practice: Battle for Wesnoth as our playground. Main ideas of the game, overview of the wesnoth/data directory. Creating a scenario and a campaign. WML.
 * 7) Tuesday, January 26. T-321, 10.15 – 11.45
 * 8) * homework: installing and playing Wesnoth. Write a review (can be blogged or e-mailed; deadline: next Monday)
 * 9) Wednesday, January 27, T-321, 8.15-9.45
 * 10) * lecture: FLOSS development: environments, tools and methods. Trac (wiki, tickets, versioning) and Subversion (with possible tools).
 * 11) * homework – initial project the campaign, milestones etc (Deadline: 20.09)

E 25.01 - 2 paari -  kursuse tutvustus, vaba tarkvara  tutvustusloeng, Wesnothi mängimine T 26.01 - 1 paar - Wesnothi labor K 27.01 - 2 paari - arendusmudelite loeng, töövahendite labor (Trac, Subversion) N 28.01 - 2 paari - ärimudelite loeng, Wesnothi labor E 01.02 - 1 paar - juura loeng T 02.02 - 1 paar - kogukondade loeng K 03.02 - 2 paari - vaba kultuuri loeng, Wesnothi labor


 * 1) Tuesday, September 18, P-321, 8.15-9.45
 * 2) * legal framework of FLOSS. Licenses, patents etc.
 * 3) * homework: case studies (Deadline: 2 weeks)
 * 4) Thursday, September 20, P-321, 8.15-9.45
 * 5) * lecture: FLOSS as business: different models
 * 6) * homework: case studies (Deadline: 2 weeks)
 * 7) Thursday, September 20, P-321, 10.15-11.45
 * 8) * lecture: community building and management
 * 9) * homework: readings, analysis of the Wesnoth community (based on the forum), ideastorming on better campaign building
 * 10) * lab/discussion: Wesnoth campaign building
 * 11) Friday, September 21, P-321, 13.15-16.45
 * 12) * lecture: Free Culture: the wider social impact of FLOSS
 * 13) * homework: readings, case studies
 * 14) * lab/discussion: Wesnoth campaign building. Campaign deadline: December 10)

Independent work: playtesting the other team's campaign, blog it! (Deadline: December 20).

in January

 * 1) Monday, January 7, P-321,  14.15-15.45
 * 2) * lab/discussion: reflections on the campaign building. Demonstration of the campaign 1
 * 3) Tuesday, January 8, P-321, 14.15-15.45
 * 4) * lab/discussion: reflections on the campaign building. Demonstration of the campaign 2

Grading

 * Wesnoth campaign (participation in team; everyone writes a short report about his/her role and contribution) – 50%
 * Campaign testing/review (for another team's work) - 10%
 * Blog reviews/reflections – 20%
 * Case studies – 20%

Lecture notes

 * FLOSS - history and concepts
 * A practical example: Battle for Wesnoth
 * FLOSS development: tools and methods
 * The legal framework of FLOSS
 * FLOSS in business
 * Commmunity building and management