OSS Watch conference

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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/

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