L3 Unit 4, Open Systems and Community Development

Level 3, Unit 4 - Open Systems and Community Development (10 credits)

1. understand the process of community development.	2. understand licensing and intellectual property.	3. understand commercial models for software development.
1.1 explain the principles of the Open Source Way.	2.1 describe the advantages and disadvantages of software patents.	3.1 describe an advertising model to support software development.
1.2 explain the importance of distributed revision control systems in community software development.	2.2 describe and explain the freedoms associated with free and open source software.	3.2 describe the perpetual license model for software development.
1.3 explain the relationships between commercial and volunteer interests in a software development community.	2.3 explain the terms trademark, copyleft, creative commons, and public domain.	3.3 describe the dual licensing model for software development.
1.4 compare and contrast the processes of software development communities.	2.4 analyse the effects of digital technologies on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.	3.4 describe the fremium model for software development.
1.5 describe Sourceforge and its role in community development.	2.5 explain the relationship between copyright and licensing.	3.5 describe the software as a service model.