Seminar in TIBO-2012
April 20, 2012 18:44
A “Free/libre software and GNU/Linux platform” seminar will take place on April, 27 at 12:00.
The seminar is included into the TIBO 2012 International exhibition and congress program.
The place: Football Manege, Pobediteley ave., 20/2, conference hall No. 2
Everybody is invited to take part.
The plan:
1 Market share of the free / libre software
Specifics of collecting statistical data about the FLOSS usage.
FLOSS share in web servers segment. Web browser usage. FOSS-based mobile platforms. The spread of free desktop systems. World-wide data and regional specifics. FLOSS elements in proprietary systems.
2 Features of free licenses
Brief history and classification of FLOSS licenses, copyleft and non-copyleft. Most known examples (GPL, BSD).
Free / libre content licensing (the Creative Commons example).
3 FLOSS in Belarusian higher educational institutions
FLOSS usage in a high school: software supporting the academic process; one studied in academic and laboratory courses; tools for preparing and formatting term papers. FLOSS distribution along with the university profile and studied subjects. Typical examples.
4 Geoinformation systems and user-created mapping
Free GIS projects review. Collaborative creation of the geographical content in OpenStreetMap project: organization principles, client software for desktop and mobile systems. Free GIS as a full-feature substitution for the proprietary ones.
