Direct Contributions to OSS
Programs where students contribute to existing open source codebases involve extensive engagement with communities of OSS contributors. By working on software used and maintained by the public, students can connect with other developers, learn about professional software engineering, and gain a sense of achievement from giving back to the community 1.
References
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Grant Braught, John Maccormick, James Bowring, Quinn Burke, Barbara Cutler, David Goldschmidt, Mukkai Krishnamoorthy, Wesley Turner, Steven Huss-Lederman, Bonnie Mackellar, and Allen Tucker. 2018. A Multi-Institutional Perspective on H/FOSS Projects in the Computing Curriculum. ACM Trans. Comput. Educ. 18, 2, Article 7 (July 2018), 31 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3145476 ↩