iCell – Innovation Cell

VISION :

To promote research activities among students.

To develop an ecosystem wherein students and staff work together to form a knowledge sharing community.

Aim of this meeting

Till now iCell was focused on promoting research activities alone.

This meeting would make the initiation of a programming community among the iCell members.

Introduction to FOSS

What is FOSS? Definition of Free Software Why should you know about FOSS The Hacker Perspective How to become a Hacker

What is FOSS?

liberally licensed to grant the right of users to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code.

FOSS - Free and Open Source Software

What all comes under FOSS

FOSS is based on THREE open pillars

Open Source-GCC, Linux Kernel

-Python, Java.PHP

-Drupal, Wordpress

-Firefox, VLC

Open Standards-World Wide Web architecture specified by W3C

-Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

-Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible HTML (XHTML)

-Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

-Ogg (audio formats) & Theora (a video format)

-OpenDocument Format (ODF)

Open Content-Wikipedia

Definition of Free Software

The word ”Free” in Free Software does not mean the price, it refers to freedom.

Four Freedoms : Freedom 0 : The freedom to run the program for any

purpose Freedom 1 :The freedom to study how the program works,

and change it to make it do what you wish. Freedom 2 :The freedom to redistribute copies so you can

help your neighbor. Freedom 3 : The freedom to improve the program, and

release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

Father of Free Software Foundation

Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) He launched the GNU project in September 1983 –

Marks the initiation of the Free Software Movement

Why should you know about FOSS?

Firstly, we should know what we use. Issues should be solvable.

Why should you know about FOSS

Some of the best applications in the tech world are the result of decentralized contributions

Wikipedia – Online encyclopedia Wireshark – Network Protocol Analyzer Pidgin – IM Client Notepad-plus – Text Editor VLC – Media Player Eclipse and NetBeans - IDE BitTorrent – P2P Android – Mobile OS

The Hacker Perspective

Difference between a hacker and a cracker.

Are you a hacker?

A Hacker is anyone who finds himself as a part of the shared culture of expert programmers and networking wizards.

Hackers built the Internet Hackers made the Unix Operating System Hackers made the WWW

If you are part of this culture, and if you have contributed to it, then YOU are a HACKER.

If not, how to become a hacker?

Step 1 : Learn how to program

Step 2 : Get one of the open source OS

Step 3 : Learn to use and program the WWW

Step 4 : Learn functional English