Open Source Assignment

The assignment asks you to answer 5 questions about certain material listed in the assignment description.

You'll type your answers into a Word document (DOC or DOCX), plain text (TXT), or rich text format (RTF) file. A minimum of 2 paragraphs for the answer to each question: double spaced, font size: 12 point.

1. Copy the questions and other text from the following webpage into your Open Source Assignment file: Open Source Answer File:

   Replace this sentence with your full name here.
   
   
   1. What were the contributions of the two different groups established in the 1970s to the Open Source Software Movement?
      a. The GNU project and the Free Software Foundation from the U.S. east coast.
   
   
           Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 1a here.
   
   
      b. The Computer Science Research Group from the U.S. west coast.
   
   
           Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 1b here.
   
   
   2. What is the history of the "open source" software movement in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
   
   
        Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 2 here.
   
   
   3. How has the "open source" software movement made an impact on society as a whole?
   
   
        Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 3 here.
   
   
   4. How has the "open source" software movement made an impact, personally, on you and your life?
   
   
        Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 4 here.
   
   
   5. What is the likely future of the "open source" software movement?
   
   
        Replace this sentence with your answer to Question 5 here.

2. Save your file with the filename having the following format: your last name, followed by an underscore _, followed by your first name, followed by an underscore _, followed by the word Open.
   
   For example, if your name is John Doe then the filename would be: Doe_John_Open

3. Make sure you type your full name at the location given on the first line of your file.

4. Type your answer to each question (in your file) at the location given right below the question

    

   My name is Claire Zhang.