Free software development for beginners

An introduction to free software development, for those interested in participating.

http://www.hungry.com/~pere/.../free-sw-devel.html

Petter Reinholdtsen
pere@hungry.com
IFI/UiO, 2004-04-27

Who am I

What is free software

- user freedom - freedom to use - freedom to modify - freedom to distribute freedom to run the program as you wish for any purpose, freedom to study and change the source code as you wish, freedom to make and redistribute copies, and freedom to publish modified versions.

Getting involved and helping out

- use mailing lists

Joining a free software project

- painful

Making your own project