Open Source - 517 Resources

Overview

1) In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. (Historically, the makers of proprietary software have generally not made source code available.) Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and made freely available. <p> 2) Open Source is a certification mark owned by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Developers of software that is intended to be freely shared and possibly improved and redistributed by others can use the Open Source trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source Definition. To summarize, the Definition model of distribution terms require that: <br> -The software being distributed must be redistributed to anyone else without any restriction <br> -The source code must be made available (so that the receiving party will be able to improve or modify it) <br> -The license can require improved versions of the software to carry a different name or version from the original software

Publications (133)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Open Source.

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CSD5658	The Next Open Source Movement Scott Jaschik Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	07/06/2009	80
CSD5739	Open Source Collaboration in Higher Education: Guidelines and Report of the Licensing and Policy Framework Summit for Software Sharing in Higher Education Brad Wheeler and Daniel Greenstein		03/15/2007	40
CSD3358	Trend: Content Copyright, the Commons, and the C Generation Eva Kaplan-Leiserson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	01/01/2004	2,804
CSD3392	The Role of Intellectual Property in Open Source Software Lee A. Hollaar Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	01/01/2004	2,601
CSD2702	iVia Open Source Virtual Library System Steve Mitchell, Margaret Mooney, Julie Mason, Gordon Paynter, Johannes Ruscheinski, Artur Kedzierski, and Keith Humphreys Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,133
CSD2908	Sharing the Code: More Colleges and Universities See Open-source Software as an Alternative to Commercial Products Florence Olsen Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,074
CSD2938	Course Management Systems in Perspective: A Conversation with Carl Berger Judith V. Boettcher and Carl Berger Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,573
CSD2972	Security experts find open-source flaws Ina Fried Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,368
CSD3015	A Guide to Institutional Repository Software Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,505
CSD3075	Altruistic individuals, selfish firms? The structure of motivation in Open Source software Andrea Bonaccorsi and Cristina Rossi Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,249
CSD3242	Evolution of the Linux Credits File: Methodological Challenges and Reference Data for Open Source Research Ilkka Tuomi Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,081
CSD3384	The Fedora™ Project Tools	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,765
CSD3385	An Open Mind on Open Source Karla Hignite Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,754
CSD3386	The Kuali Project Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,939
CSD3393	Federal Policy and Open Source Software CSIS Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,638
CSD3394	Is the Open Source Software Process Sui Generis to Software, or a More General Way of Organizing the Production of Complex Knowledge Products? Steven Weber Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,703
CSD3395	Open Source and Standards Steven Weber and David Lancashire Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,193
CSD3397	Free And Open Source Software Licensing Primer Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,790
CSD3402	Risk Perception and Trusted Computer Systems: Is Open Source Software Really More Secure than Proprietary Software? David L. Wilson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,251
CSD3417	The Economics of Open Source Hijacking and the Declining Quality of Digital Information Resources: A Case for Copyleft Andrea Ciffolilli Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,585
CSD3440	Free and Open Source Software: Policy and Development Implications Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,910
CSD3441	The E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 - Chapter 4: Free and Open-source Software: Implications for ICT Policy and Development United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,558
CSD3449	Considering Open Source Software Janet L. Balas Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,457
CSD3539	FLOSS At Large: Selected papers from the FLOSS workshop at 4SEASST joint conference, Paris, 25-28 August 2004 Various Authors Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,645
ERM01613	Why Open Source Makes Sense Linus Torvalds and David Diamond Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2001	2,941

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Presentations (105)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Open Source

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CSD3344	Open Source: Open Minds James LaRue Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,523
CSD3354	Open Source, The Way Ahead Jean-Claude Guédon Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,598
CSD3359	Open Source and Free Software: Concepts, Controversies and Solutions Knowledge Media Design Institute Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,802
CSD3364	alt-i-lab 2004:Advancing Learning Technology Interoperability Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,029
EDU0371	Creating Open Source: Issues, Processes, and Promises from Stanford's CourseWork CMS David Futey, Charles Kerns and Olivia C. Williamson Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,091
CMR0428	UNICON - Using Open Source uPortal Technology to Create a Comprehensive Online Environment for Your Campus Jason Lacy Presentations/Speeches	CUMREC (Archives)	01/01/2004	3,572
CSD3728	Open Source: National Frameworks Various Authors Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,371
ECR0405	Open Source Software: Risks and Rewards Gary Hein Presentations/Speeches	ECAR	11/16/2004	4,035
EDU03179	UC Davis' Open-Source, Web-Based Communication Package for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Richard F. Walters Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	3,840
EDU0385	Early Development Experiences from the Fedora Project David J. Kahle, William Parod and Thornton Staples Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,352
EDU0406	Collaborative Open-Source Software: Panacea or Pipe Dream for Higher Education? H. David Lambert Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2004	2,378
EDU0411	The Cathedral, the Bazaar, and the Academy Mitchell Kapor Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2004	2,701
EDU0442	Sakai: A Collaboration Between the University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford, OKI, and the uPortal Consortium Amitava Mitra Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/21/2004	3,667
CSD4537	Open Content vs. Closed Doors (Or Closed Minds?) Andy Carvin Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	3,132
EDU0292	An Open Source Model for Academic Content Dissemination and Pedagogical Collaboration: An Oxymoron or Just Impossible? Cecilia R. d'Oliveira and Anne H. Margulies Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2002	4,612
EDU03162	UC Davis' Open-Source, Web-Based Communication Package for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Richard F. Walters Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,502
EDU0317	The Open Knowledge Initiative in Practice Phillip D. Long and Jeffrey W. Merriman Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,139
EDU0369	Selection, Deployment, and Management of Open-Source Security Tools Rod Marten and Carol Myers Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,366
EDU0422	The 2004 Campus Computing Survey Kenneth C. Green Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2004	3,981
EDU0433	Choosing Open Source and Partnering as an IT Strategy Bradley C. Wheeler Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2004	3,300
EDU0466	At the End of the Day We Will Have Given It All Away: The Convergence of Open-Source CMS and Open Courseware William H. Pritchard and Vivian Sinou Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2004	3,354
EDU0469	Chandler/Westwood: Progress in Open-Source Collaboration Mitchell Kapor, Jack W. McCredie and Oren Sreebny Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/21/2004	3,028
EDU05185	Closer to the Dream: Letting Pedagogy Transform Learning Management Systems Daniel Beach, Ryan Gjerde, Barron Koralesky, and Robert Puffer Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2005	2,594
ETX0212	Designing and Building Enterprise-Quality IT Systems with Open Source and Inexpensive Tools Michael Hewett, Julian Hooker and Brandon LaBonte Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	01/01/2002	5,625
LIVE038	The Rise of Collaborative Tools Ken Klingenstein Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2003	3,268

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Podcasts (47)

Blogs (232)

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