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• newcomer
• academic end-user
• software developer
• IT manager or technical staff
• strategic IT decision-maker

publications

• strategy and policy
• open standards
• open source software development
• intellectual property rights (IPR), licensing and patents
• building communities
• examples of open source software
• case studies

The open source software development model differs from the closed source or proprietary model. Differences include the way the software is bundled or packaged and the roles played by participants. Both models also share common issues such as security and quality. These resources explore aspects of open source software development from the perspective of the developer or project manager.

• Open source and open innovation
• Sustainability lessons for research infrastructure
• Community lessons for research infrastructure
• Open source and research infrastructure
• Governance models
• Meritocratic governance model
• Benevolent dictator governance model
• Creating a project on SourceForge
• Open Accessibility - an overview of projects and communities
• Engaging developers workshop, Oxford, 9 October 2009
• Microsoft: an end to open hostilities?
• Releasing your code under an open source licence
• The fundamentals of free and open source software
• EduApps - a case study in sustainability
• Building Communties Around Free & Open Source Software
• Avoiding abandon-ware: getting to grips with the open development method
• Free and open source software in mobile devices
• From a trickle to a flood: building wide open communities in open source - Community and Open Source Development Workshop, Oxford, 20 October 2008
• The JISC Virtual Research Environment Phase Two Programme: Attitudes to and Awareness of Open Development
• Sustainable open source
• Meritocrats, cluebats and the open development method: an interview with Justin Erenkrantz
• Richard Stallman on the road less travelled
• What is a software patch?
• Creating a new Google Code project
• Contributor Licence Agreements
• Benefits of Open Source Code
• Project Catalogues and Project Descriptors using DOAP
• Open Source Leadership: Debian
• Can you contribute code to an open source project?
• Producing Open Source Software - book review
• Applied Software Project Management - book review
• A guide to participating in an open source software community
• Open Source Development - An Introduction to Ownership and Licensing Issues
• What is version control? Why is it important for due diligence?
• Is open source software insecure? An introduction to the issues
• Open Source Maturity Model
• Dual Licensing

Further external resources:

• Freshmeat.net [http://freshmeat.net/], announcements about new software releases
• SourceForge.net [http://sourceforge.net/], a repository of thousands of open source projects
• UNESCO Free Software Portal [http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/portal_freesoftware/cgi/page.cgi?d=1]
• UK Mirror Service [http://www.mirrorservice.org/]
• oss4lib [http://www.oss4lib.org/], open source systems for libraries
• The OpenDisc [http://theopendisc.com], a careful selection of open source software for running under Windows
• ObjectWeb [http://www.objectweb.org/] an international consortium fostering the development of open-source middleware for cutting-edge applications: EAI, e-business, clustering, grid computing, managed services, etc.
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/]
• Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html]
• Version Control with Subversion [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/]
• Open Source Maturity Model [http://www.seriouslyopen.org/nuke/html/index.php]
• The Open Source Paradigm Shift [http://tim.oreilly.com/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html]
• Open Source 2007: How Did This Happen? [http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0440.asp]