Getting Started with Open Source Development

✍ Scribed by Mario Briggs

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 136
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2, 500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and studied by many of the biggest players in the high-tech industry, from Sun Microsystems to IBM to Intel. The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Already, billions of dollars have been made and lost based on the ideas in this book. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, 'This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them. 'The interest in open source software development has grown enormously in the past year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Who should read this book?
How is this book structured?
A book for the community
Conventions
What’s next?
About the authors
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 – Introduction to open source development
1.1 A brief history about open source development
1.2 The evolution of the open source movement
1.3 FLOSS - Free, libre, open source software
1.4 Advantages and disadvantages of open source
1.4.1 Pros
1.4.2 Cons
1.5 Open source trends and perspectives
1.6 Career path
1.7 Exercises
1.8 Summary
1.9 Review questions
Chapter 2 – Open source business models
2.1 Open source business models: The big picture
2.2 Dual licensing
2.3 Split open source software / commercial products
2.4 Product specialists
2.5 Platform providers
2.6 Business model relationship to license
2.7 Open source business model and proprietary software
2.8 Summary
2.9 Exercises
2.10 Review questions
Chapter 3 – Licensing
3.1 Intellectual property, copyright and licensing: The big picture
3.2 Open source licensing
3.2.1 History of open source licensing
3.2.2 Commonly used open source licenses
3.3 Choosing the right license
3.4 Exercises
3.5 Summary
3.6 Review questions
Chapter 4 – Community driven development
4.1 Community driven development: The big picture
4.1.1 Developers' group: Software design and development
4.1.2 Builders' group: Software building
4.1.3 Testers' group: Software Testing
4.1.4 Release management group: Packaging
4.1.5 Release management group: Releasing
4.2 Installation and issue tracking
4.2.1 Installation
4.2.2 Issue tracking
4.3 Exercises
4.4 Summary
4.5 Review questions
Chapter 5 – Participating in open source development
5.1 Participating in open source development: The big picture
5.2 Open source communities
5.3 Effective communication
5.3.1 Communication etiquette and guidelines
5.4 Exercises
5.5 Summary
5.6 Review questions
Chapter 6 – Starting your own open source project
6.1 Starting your own open source project: The big picture
6.2 Providing the ecosystem for your open source project
6.3 Accepting contributions
6.4 Exercises
6.5 Summary
6.6 Review questions
Chapter 7 – Case Study: Contributing to an open source project
7.1 Ruby on Rails and the DB2 module
7.2 The ruby forge
7.3 Submitting a bug
Chapter 8 - Case Study: A sourceForge project, Technology Explorer for IBM DB2
8.1 What is the Technology Explorer for IBM DB2?
8.2 A quick overview of the Technology Explorer for IBM DB2
8.2.1 Requirements for setting up the TE
8.2.2 Some basic features and operations of the TE
8.3 You need a key insight to build a project
8.4 You need to support and grow a community
8.5 Make your project easy to adopt
8.6 Understand your business model
8.7 Keep your project current
Appendix A – Solutions to review questions
Appendix B – Up and running with DB2
B.1 DB2: The big picture
B.3 Installing DB2
B.4 DB2 tools
B.4.1 Control Center
B.4.2 Command Line Tools
B.5 The DB2 environment
B.7 Connecting to a database
B.8 Basic sample programs
B.9 DB2 documentation
References
Resources
Web sites
Books
Contact emails