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DPS909 & OSD600 Fall 2018

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** [[OSD600]]
** How to have Success in this course
 
* Discussion/Readings
** What is Open Source? [https://opensource.org/osd The Open Source Definition]
** [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-coding-site-github-for-7-5-billion Microsoft buys GitHub for 7.5 Billion - "We're all in on open source"]
** [https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/01/learning-skills-you-can-practice/ Julia Evans, "How to teach yourself hard things"]
* Releases
** Amazing chance to gain experience, network, build your skills and resume
* Let's talk about Copyright and Open Source Licenses** [https://en.wikipedia.orgDiscussion/wiki/IANAL IANAL]Readings** We're going to explore licensing from the POV of a developer participating in open projects * Copyright ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljNS5p3cqls&feature=youtu.be Copyright in Canada video])*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL IANAL]*** 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.*** [https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr03719.html Copyright in Canada]*** [https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html 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., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement CLA], which we'll cover later)** What is Open Source?***[https://opensource.org/osd The Open Source Definition]** [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-coding-site-github-for-7-5-billion Microsoft buys GitHub for 7.5 Billion - "We're all in on open source"]** [https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/01/learning-skills-you-can-practice/ Julia Evans, "How to teach yourself hard things"]
* Slack
** [https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115004071768-What-is-Slack Slack, Getting Started]
** [https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/217626358-Tour-the-Slack-app Tour the Slack app]
 
* First open technologies and projects we'll be using:
** [https://github.com/nodejs/node node.js]
** [https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html node fs module docs]
** [https://github.com/filerjs/filer filer]
** [https://mochajs.org/ mocha]

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