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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Open Source Software Development Methods by The Linux Foundation

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About the Course

In this course, we will define what open source software is, we will go over the history of open source software and what benefits it has provided to the world’s technology infrastructure over the decades. The course aims to teach you how to work in open source projects productively and gain a lot of benefits from it, and really understand what the advantages are. You will learn about collaboration best practices, and how to encourage diversity in open source projects. We will discuss the different licensing models that are available, as this will help you decide what the best license is for your project. We will talk about methods that are commonly used, such as Continuous Integration, and use of GitHub and other hosting providers as a central meeting place for open source projects, and we will provide some examples of successful open source projects....

Top reviews

HM

Jun 22, 2020

The course contains comprehensive knowledge about development methods in Open Source Software. I would recommend this course for anyone who is interested in OSS and wants to have a proper idea of it.

AS

May 3, 2020

Honestly, this course provide introduces the world of open source projects and development to anyone. It's really explanative and helpful. I suggest this to anyone who want to understand what OSS is.

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By J. I

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Aug 24, 2020

Wow!!! Thank You coursera

By Janardhana S G B

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Jul 3, 2020

it was excellent learning

By basanta b

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Jun 30, 2019

Good ethical part of OSS,

By Denis G

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Jun 10, 2020

Short and understandably

By Iqbal U K

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May 26, 2020

Awesome - learned alot!

By Denis K

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Dec 9, 2021

Thanks for the Course!

By faiezkh

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Dec 15, 2020

this course is amazing.

By Harne P

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Aug 27, 2022

it's an amazing course

By 龙泊铮

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Oct 3, 2020

Friendly for beginners

By Lakshmi M P

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Jul 30, 2022

useful for my studies

By Mohammad A K

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Feb 11, 2024

too much graded quiz

By Ashwini K M

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Jul 18, 2020

Good Introduction !!

By KARTIK G

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May 3, 2020

Nice intro about OSS

By ARUNAV M C

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Sep 23, 2021

Very helpful course

By PHILIP P A T

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Aug 2, 2020

Got Basics of OSS !

By Daulet Z

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Feb 5, 2021

The best course!!!

By SHEENA

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May 8, 2020

Great platform...

By Apurbo M

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Nov 30, 2019

Love Open source.

By Bekmukhametov J K

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Feb 12, 2022

Very nice course

By Guillermo D G

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Sep 24, 2021

Great Course!!!

By Abdoulaye S

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Jan 6, 2021

Very descriptive

By DR. S T C

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Jul 10, 2020

excellent course

By Ronaldo F N C

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Jul 1, 2020

good methodology

By Sureddy K

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Jul 31, 2022

The best course

By Sooraj M

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Dec 29, 2023

great , thanks