Open Source Management

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The course is delivered as a part of the [L] IMKE international Master's programme, thus the working language is English. In case of only Estonians participating, switching to Estonian is possible (materials will still be in English).

OSM in short:

Duration: 16 weeks, but heavily concentrated on September (see the schedule below).
Weekly workload: varies; seven 1,5-hour (2 academic hours; combines lectures, discussions and labs) in September, two more in January. In between, there will be substantial amount of independent work
Location: Tallinn University, main building, P-321 computer lab room
Credits: 3.0 Estonian credits (ainepunkt or AP), 4.0 ECTS credits
Code: MII7136
Assessment: graded assessment, but the grade will be based on the work throughout the term
Main web page: this one

Course schedule

1. Thursday, September 6. P-321, 8.15-9.45

Course intro - what is going to happen
Lecture: FLOSS definition, differences from proprietary models. Free Software vs Open Source vs Freeware. FSF vs OSI
~~Homework: some readings (Stallman vs Raymond). Blog it! (Deadline: September 17)~~

2. Friday, September 7, P-321, 13.00-15.45

Legal framework of FLOSS. Licenses, patents etc.
~~Homework: case studies (Deadline: 2 weeks)~~

3. Monday, September 17. P-321, 8.15-9.45

Lecture/demonstration: [L]Battle for Wesnoth as our playground. Main ideas of the game, overview of the wesnoth/data directory. Creating a scenario and a campaign. WML.
Homework: Blog your experience with Wesnoth so far (Deadline: September 17)

4. Monday, September 17, P-321, 12.15-13.45

Wesnoth lab - building the first map; starting to design a scenario

5. Tuesday, September 18, P-321, 8.15-9.45

Lecture: FLOSS as business: different models
~~Homework: case studies (Deadline: 2 weeks)~~

6. Thursday, September 20, P-321, 8.15-9.45

Lecture: FLOSS development - environments, tools and methods. Subversion and Trac.
Homework: the project/outline of the campaign, milestones etc (Deadline: October 1)

7. Thursday, September 20, P-321, 10.15-11.45

Lecture: community building and management
Homework: establishment of team connections, creation of the "seed" of the campaign (Deadline: October 1)
Lab/discussion: Wesnoth campaign building

8. Friday, September 21, P-321, 13.15-16.45

Lecture: Free Culture - the wider social impact of FLOSS
Lab/discussion: Wesnoth campaign building. Campaign deadline: December 15)
Homework: readings, case studies

9. Monday, October 1, P-321, 12.15-13.45

Using Trac and Subversion: uploading the initial campaign seeds, ticket management

Independent work (October - December)

development of the campaign with your team (Deadline: December 15)
research/study tasks, blog the results:

Open Source vs Free Software - comparison (if not done during the first week)
Legal issues of FLOSS: find and describe a couple of legal cases involving free licenses
FLOSS business: describe a success story and a failure, explain the differences and the reasons behind them
Free Culture: describe an interesting case from outside software/Internet sphere

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

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8. Monday, January 7, P-321, 14.15-15.45

Lab/discussion: reflections on the campaign building. Demonstration of the campaign by Team 1

9. Tuesday, January 8, P-321, 14.15-15.45

Lab/discussion: reflections on the campaign building. Demonstration of the campaign by Team 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%

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