OS Project Comparison Activity

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Title OS Project Comparison Activity
Overview In this activity, students compare and contrast different kinds of open source projects. Three projects (Android Platform, Ushahidi, RedHat) of different nature and under different licenses are introduced and students have to read the material about each project and answer specific questions for the comparison.
Prerequisite Knowledge None.
Learning Objectives
* Learn the purpose of an open source project
* Learn the different kinds of licenses under which projects are developed
* Learn the reason a specific project is created
* Learn how to contribute to an open source project


Is there background reading material?

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What is the rational for this activity?

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  • While this activity is tailored with three specific project, it can be used for any projects of choice if there is a point of comparison.


Given the following material for three different open source projects, answer the following questions:

  1. Android Development Platform
  2. Ushahidi
  3. RedHat


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