Insegnamento di Tecnologie open-source

A. A. 2010/2011

(14 Aprile - 17 Giugno)

Laurea Magistrale in Informatica, Universita' di Padova

Docente: Luigi Bellio

Course contents:

Proprietary Software and Closed Source - Free Software and Open Source
Free Software Movement and Open Source Movement
Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark, Patent, Copyleft
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) - Past, Present and Future
Licenses and Legal Issues
Business Strartegy
New Development Processes - Agile Methodologies
Communities and Collaborative Environment
Success Stories - Linux, Apache, Eclipse, Open Office
Free Software for Companies, Public Administration and Education
Not only Software: Standards, Formats, Protocols, Achitectures

Course slides:

Books:

Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead, Charlene Li - Wiley, 2010
Il Software Libero in Italia, Andrea Glorioso - ShaKe Edizioni, 2009
Proprietà condivisa e open source. Il ruolo della conoscenza in emergenti ecologie del valore, Luciano Pilotti, Andrea Ganzaroli - Franco Angeli, 2009
Economia dell'Open Source, Luca Barbarito - Pearson, 2008
The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities, Heather J. Meeker - Wiley, 2008
Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code, Van Lindberg - O'Reilly, 2008
Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape, Henry Chesbrough - Harvard Business School Press, 2006
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software, Joseph Feller - The MIT Press, 2007
Open Source for the Enterprise: Managing Risks, Reaping Rewards, Dan Woods, Gautam Guliani - O'Reilly, 2005
Innovation happens elsewhere, Ron Goldman, Richard P. Gabriel - Morgan Kaufmann, 2005
Open Source: Strategie, Organizzazione, Prospettive, Moreno Muffatto, Matteo Faldani - il Mulino, 2004

See also:

A Quick Guide to GPLv3 (cached copy)
Analysis of the Impact of Open Source Software (cached copy)
Catalogue of available Open Source tools for the PA (cached copy)
Direttiva 19 dicembre 2003 - “Sviluppo ed utilizzazione dei programmi informatici da parte delle pubbliche amministrazioni” (cached copy)
Encouraging Good Practice in the use of Open Source Software in Public Administrations (cached copy)
European Interoperability Framework (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 1 - Use of Open Source Software in Firms and Public Institutions Evidence from Germany, Sweden and UK (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 2 - Firms' Open Source Activities: Motivations and Policy Implications (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 2B - Open Source Software in the Public Sector: Policy within the European Union (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 3 - Basics of Open Source Software Markets and Business Models (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 4 - Survey of Developers (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 4A - Survey of Developers - Annexure on validation and methodology (cached copy)
FLOSS Final Report - Part 5 - Software Source Code Survey (cached copy)
Free/Open Source Software - A General Introduction (cached copy)
Free/Open Source Software - Education (cached copy)
Free/Open Source Software - Licensing (cached copy)
Free/Open Source Software - Localization (cached copy)
Free/Open Source Software - Open Standards.pdf (cached copy)
Free Software / Open Source: Information Society Opportunities for Europe? (cached copy)
L'economia degli standard e la diffusione delle tecnologie. L'Open Source non e' un assurdo economico (cached copy)
L'offerta Open Source in Italia: analisi di un settore in evoluzione (cached copy)
Open Source - Analisi di un movimento (cached copy)
Open Source Community Building (cached copy)
Open Source Software Development (cached copy)
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software (cached copy)
Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project (cached copy)
Sharing Open Source Sofware Middleware to improve industry compettveness in the embedded systems domain (cached copy)
Software Libero - Pensiero Libero - Vol. I (cached copy)
Software Libero - Pensiero Libero - Vol. II (cached copy)
Software open source e politiche dei governi (cached copy)
The Cathedral and the Bazaar (cached copy)
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing (cached copy)

Lesson schedule (April 14 - June 17):

Monday, from 09:30 to 11:30, classroom 1BC/50, first floor, Torre Archimede, Via Trieste, 63
Thursday, from 09:30 to 11:30, classroom 1BC/50, first floor, Torre Archimede, Via Trieste, 63
Friday, from 09:30 to 11:30, laboratory LabP036 (DMPA), second floor, Paolotti Building, Via Belzoni, 7

Exceptions:
April 15, classroom 1BC/50, first floor, Torre Archimede, Via Trieste, 63
June 3, lesson cancelled

Laboratory:

Collaborative Development Environment

Exam:

Report, presentation and discussion on:
my open source software project: vision, market, license, community and collaborative platform, developing process and project management
analysis of an open source project: strong points and weak points, strategic move, software quality and community support, target market

Five sessions:
23/06/2011 (classroom 1AD100, 10:00 - 18:00)
07/07/2011 (classroom 2BC60, 10:00 - 18:00)
08/09/2011 (classroom 1BC45, 10:00 - 18:00)
22/09/2011 (classroom 1BC45, 10:00 - 18:00)
15/12/2011 (classroom LuF1, 14:30 - 18:00)

A not mandatory Table Of Content of the report could be:
1. Introduction
2. Vision
3. Market
4. Story
5. License
6. Business Model
7. Development Process
8. Community
9. Information Management Tools
10. Development Management Tools