COMP8440:
Free and Open Source Software Development
Autumn 2010

2010 course dates

The 2010 COMP8440 course will run from Tuesday 6th April to Saturday 10th April. Please see the schedule page for more details.

You can also review any of the lecture notes or videos of the 2009 lectures on the lectures page.

This course is part of the Masters of Computing program, but is also offered for other students via a range of flexible enrolment options. For information on enrolling in this course, please see enrolment information
Assumed knowledge is basic competence with using a Unix-like operating system (such as Linux). Having some competence in at least one programming language will be an advantage.
Please see the StudyAt entry for Course Description and Learning Outcomes.
A total of 18 hours of lectures will be given, plus a similar amount of tutorial/lab hours. The course will have a very practical focus.
News will be posted on the course Announcement forum (staff post only).
There is also a Discussion forum which will be (semi-) regularly monitored by the course staff.
The 2010 timetable is now available.
Refreshments will be provided during the course
The course flyer is available here