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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

NP

Jul 15, 2020

A great course on the history of Linux. Generally, courses start with the History of Linux as just an introductory video/week. But this course took a deep dive into the topic.

DS

Aug 17, 2020

This course was really great and helped me to proceed with my OSS knowledge further. I will surely complete the specialization to obtain more knowledge and get familiar with OSS Development methods.

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By ECYT

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Mar 28, 2021

Very practical suggestions!

By Jason L

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Jul 26, 2022

Great learning materials!

By Ciao S

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Aug 23, 2021

good intro to the subject

By Hercules F D A A

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Jun 10, 2021

Excelent, very very good.

By Malik T

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Feb 16, 2021

Best Course, Very Helpful

By Heatherly T

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Dec 8, 2020

Great introduction to OSS

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 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 Thulani M

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May 6, 2025

this is informative

By ARUNAV M

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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.