OSS Watch conference
From Schoolforge-UK
OSS Watch OSS Watch, http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/, the open source software advisory service for UK HE and FE, are holding their 4th conference on 4 July 2005 in Edinburgh.
Building Open Source Communities
- How do open source software projects organise themselves and what characterises an open source software development community?
- Why is the Moodle community growing so quickly?
- How does the licence choice affect the kind of community that develops
- What is the relationship between developers and end-users
- How important is leadership
Confirmed speakers include:
- Jim Farmer, Sakai and uPortal
- Sean Keogh, Moodle
- Gustav Delius, University of York
- Hugh Robinson, The Open University
- Helen Sharp, The Open University
- Sebastian Rahtz, University of Oxford
Attendance at the conference is free, but you must register in order to attend, http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2005-07-04/

