From OpenSourceSoftwarePractice

Contents 1 Purpose 2 What To Do 3 Examples of Subjects 4 Essays

Purpose

The purpose of this homework is to engage students' critical thinking on the implications of Open Source.

What To Do

Students will write an Essay on the social, political and/or economical implications of the widespread adoption of Open Source

You should base your essay on reading from different sources, in particular from the books available in the RPI Open Source Library.

Note that the essay MUST contain *your* own opinions and analysis, not just a summary of what you have read from other sources.

Examples of Subjects

The following is a list of example subject that you could address, the list is just given as an indication of potential subjects. You are strongly encouraged to explore other topics.

• Why Voting Machines should use Open Source software ?
  • Aussies do it right!
  • Open Voting Consortium
  • Source Code Escrow
  • Electronic Voting Machine Project at SourceForge
• Customization of Linux: Ubuntu for Christians
  • What would Jesus download ?
  • Why Open Source is consistent with Christian Values
  • Penguin in the Pew (book)
• Customization of Linux: Ubuntu for Muslims
  • Ubuntu Muslim Edition
• National Security: NSA Linux
  • http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
  • What is it good for?
  • Why did NSA do this work?
• Department of Defense directive on use of Open Source software
• Open source used in Education
  • Linux for Young Human Beings
• Charitaware: Vim and poor children in Uganda
  • http://iccf-holland.org/
  • Vim Editor
• Open Access in scientific publishing
• Why Clinical Trials should be based on Open Source software ?
• Open Source software in Government
  • States directive on using Open Source Software
    • Massachussetts

Essays

Does anyone else find it ironic that MediaWiki does not appear to like OpenOffice files (.odt)? I uploaded mine as pdf. - Jon 22:58, 6 November 2007 (EST)

First Name	Last Name	Document
Jhon	Adams
Kyle	Arnone
Cemal	Bilgin
Jonathan	Brandvein	Essay PDF
Scott	Dugas
Matt	Edman
Kyle	Gancarz
Joshua	Hodosh
Kenneth	Johnson	Essay PDF
Julio	Lajara
Eric	Liebl
Patrick	Marion
Jean-Paul	Mayer
Kayleigh	O'connor
Thomas	Piekos
Philip	Radin
Matthew	Stickney
Samuel	Berck
Arunachalam	Narayanaswamy
Amit	Mukherjee	Essay PDF