2009/9/10 Greg DeKoenigsberg <g...@redhat.com>: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> However, there is no formal definition of what open development is. It >> is not described by either the four freedoms or the open definition. >> >> We've been working with some people to define an "open and agile >> development methodology". See draft 2 at >> http://wiki.oss-watch.ac.uk/OpenAndAgileDevelopment - input is most >> welcome. This will, over time, come with a range of supporting >> documents (actually there are already many on our site). >> >>> I guess it appeals because 1. the book has a practical feel (mostly >>> about behavior), and 2. the notion of collaborative software >>> development applies equally well to all software projects, not just >>> open vs. free vs. closed. From the professor's perspective, it helps >>> make it clear that the book is about supporting the teaching of >>> collaborative software development practices (in the context of *OSS >>> tools and projects). >> >> +1 > > I suppose we could come up with yet another term that attempts to describe > the methodology while leaving out the philosophy -- but that was, iirc, the > primary motive behind the creation of the term "open source" in the first > place.
I agree. I'm not suggesting the use of a new term. My '+1' was for the observation that the process of development is very important. I see now that my subject was poorly chosen. > To wrap this thread up: Actually, this is a different thread (I changed the subject). I was trying to draw attention to our early stage work in defining an open development or collabortive development methodology and asking if this would be appropriate/useful for the book as a whole. I've responded to the FOSS/FLOSS/Free/Open Source issue in the appropriate thread (for the record I hope my response indicates I am 100% in agreement with the points I snipped here). Ross _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
