Quizhttps://jwheel.org/tags/quiz/Homepage of Justin Wheeler, an Open Source contributor and Free Software advocate from Georgia, USA.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usJustin WheelerWed, 06 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000HFOSS: Quiz #2https://jwheel.org/blog/2016/04/hfoss-quiz-2/Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://jwheel.org/blog/2016/04/hfoss-quiz-2/In the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development (HFOSS) course at the Rochester Institute of Technology, quizzes are in the form of blog posts submitted during the class period. The room stays quiet, but it is an open IRC quiz, so many of the students collaborated with each other in #rit-foss on freenode for the quiz.

This post is my quiz submission for the Spring 2016 semester Quiz #2.

HFOSS Spring 2016, Quiz #2 πŸ”—

Expand each of the following acronyms. πŸ”—

  1. IRC: Internet Relay Chat
  2. FOSS: Free and Open Source Software
  3. OLPC: One Laptop per Child
  4. DVCS: Distributed version control system
  5. FSF: Free Software Foundation
  6. PR: Pull Request

What is the short, two-letter name for the OLPC computers used in the final project for this class? πŸ”—

What is the one-word name for the interface used in the OLPC computers? πŸ”—

What is the grade level we are targeting our OLPC applications for? πŸ”—

Briefly define the following instructional theories, giving the role of the instructor in each. πŸ”—

  • Didactic: Lecturing; instructor speaks to class about topic
  • Dialectic: Similar to the Socratic seminar; discussion-based instructional teaching with interactions between the instructor and the class
  • Constructivist: Teaching style that combines experiences with teaching to create a learning experience that lends power to the learner; the instructor acts as a facilitator rather than a traditional lecturer

Several elements are combined in different ways to form the Creative Commons licenses. Match each shorthand given in the list with the description of that license element below. πŸ”—

  1. NC: Non-Commercial; You may not use the work for commercial purposes.
  2. SA: Share-alike; You must convey the same rights “downstream” that were conveyed to you by “upstream”.
  3. ND: No Derivatives; You may not make changes to the work.
  4. BY: Attribution; You must attribute the contributions of the original or upstream creators of the work.

The presence of which license elements make a license “non-free” according to the FSF? πŸ”—

Which license element is a copyleft? (give the letter, 1 pt) πŸ”—

  • (2) Share-alike; You must convey the same rights “downstream” that were conveyed to you by “upstream”.

Name two projects that distribute a body of non-software, free culture data, and briefly name or describe the kind of data. πŸ”—

  1. Fedora Project Documentation (CC-BY-SA 3.0): Provides documentation and instructions on using the Fedora operating system and how to achieve certain tasks using it
  2. ManyBooks (mixed variety of CC licensed works): Provides downloads of freely licensed literature, novels, and books

List or describe β€œthe four R’s” as a shorthand for the freedoms attached to software for it to be considered β€œfree and open source”. πŸ”—

  1. Read
  2. Run
  3. Revise
  4. Redistribute

Bonus Questions πŸ”—

True or False: You cannot sell GPL’d software. πŸ”—

  • False

True or False: You can fork a GPL licensed Project and release it under an MIT license? πŸ”—

  • False

True or False: You can fork a MIT licensed Project and release it under an GPL license? πŸ”—

  • True

When does a work become “copyrighted” by an author? πŸ”—

  • When it is created
]]>HFOSS: Quiz #1https://jwheel.org/blog/2016/03/hfoss-quiz-1/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://jwheel.org/blog/2016/03/hfoss-quiz-1/In the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development (HFOSS) course at the Rochester Institute of Technology, quizzes are in the form of blog posts submitted during the class period. The room stays quiet, but it is an open IRC quiz, so many of the students collaborated with each other in #rit-foss on freenode for the quiz.

This post is my quiz submission for the Spring 2016 semester Quiz #1.

HFOSS Spring 2016, Quiz #1 πŸ”—

What is the name of the version control system we use in this course? πŸ”—

Bonus: Give the name for another version control system. πŸ”—

We refer to sites that host source code as “forges”. What is the name of the primary forge used in this course? πŸ”—

Rearrange the following to make the best matches. πŸ”—

For the next several questions, rearrange the items in the column on the right, as necessary, so that they best match the names of key figures in the column on the left.

For example:

  1. Randall Munroe
    1. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
  2. Zach Weiner
    1. XKCD
  3. Walt Disney
    1. Mickey Mouse

…becomes…

  1. Randall Munroe
    1. XKCD
  2. Zach Weiner
    1. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
  3. Walt Disney
    1. Mickey Mouse
  1. Andrew Tannenbaum
    1. Minix
  2. Linus Torvalds
    1. Linux
  3. Bruce Perens
    1. Debian Free Software Guidelines
  4. Richard Stallman
    1. Free Software Foundation / GNU Project

We discussed several concepts involving rights, restrictions, and licensing. Match the term on the left with the most appropriate description on the right. πŸ”—

  1. Trademark
    1. Lasts as long as used & defended
  2. Copyright
    1. Life of the author plus 70 years
  3. Patent
    1. 20 year term
  1. Trademark
    1. Protects consumers from confusing one product with another
  2. Copyright
    1. Arises as soon as a work takes tangible form
  3. Patent
    1. Precedence is given to the first to file an application

List or describe “the four R’s” as a shorthand for the freedoms attached to software for it to be considered “free and open source”. πŸ”—

  1. Read
  2. Run
  3. Revise
  4. Redistribute
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