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DPS909 & OSD600 Fall 2018

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Created page with "== Week 1 == * Course introduction ** DPS909 ** OSD600 ** How to have Success in this course * Discussion/Readings ** What is Open Source? [https://opensource.org/os..."
== Week 1 ==

* Course introduction
** [[DPS909]]
** [[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"]


* Let's talk about Copyright and Open Source Licenses
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL IANAL]
** 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])
** 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)

* Slack
** https://seneca-open-source.slack.com
** [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]

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