Hello,
My name is Ryan, and I’m taking the first “student-hour” of the semester (feel free to bring fruit to throw). The topic is going to be: Open Source Licensing and Other Examples of Open Source.
There’s just one reading: Jacobsen v Katzer. Sorry about getting it out so close to Tuesday’s class, but it’s incredibly short (16 sparsely formatted pages).
An example of discussion questions to ponder (and please feel to bring your own questions as well, if something piques your interest or curiosity):
- Why would people want to open-source a project (e.g., software)? Why would they want to keep it proprietary?
- What sort of conditions, if any, would you want to put on the use of an (i.e., your) open-source project?
- Do such conditions foster or limit digital creativity?
- What does Jacobsen v Katzer tell us about the role of contract versus the role of copyright to open source? Do you agree or disagree?
- What other sort of non-software projects might you call open-source?
Cheers!