In this course, we will define what open source software is, we will go over the history of open source software and what benefits it has provided to the world’s technology infrastructure over the decades. The course aims to teach you how to work in open source projects productively and gain a lot of benefits from it, and really understand what the advantages are. You will learn about collaboration best practices, and how to encourage diversity in open source projects. We will discuss the different licensing models that are available, as this will help you decide what the best license is for your project. We will talk about methods that are commonly used, such as Continuous Integration, and use of GitHub and other hosting providers as a central meeting place for open source projects, and we will provide some examples of successful open source projects.
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Open Source Software Development Methods
This course is part of Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git Specialization
Instructor: Jerry Cooperstein
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Reviewed on Jul 20, 2020
Great introductory course on the concept of Open Source Software Development. This course does not need 3 weeks. I completed it within 24 hours.
Reviewed on May 3, 2019
Great introduction to OSS. It provides a good overview of its history and how it got started plus the basics of contributing to various OSS Projects.
Reviewed on May 29, 2020
Wonderful course, goes above and beyond on teaching us on the importance of OSS Development Methods and even teaches us some basics on it.
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