Open Source Roadshow with AOL - Case Study: Mozilla Project Open Source Roadshow with AOL - Case Study: Mozilla Project What is open source software? Why pay for software when it is free? How can teaching and research be aided by open source software? What is the technology surrounding Netscape? What innovative applications have been built, through community involvement, upon Mozilla, the code at the heart of Netscape, the first Web browser? What are the security challenges and strategies relating to open source development? Students, faculty, staff, and visitors are invited to attend any or all of a day-long program on these topics to be held October 24, 2002, from 8 a.m. -5 p.m. in the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, followed by an evening meeting of the ACM Student Chapter. The Roadshow is being hosted by the Internet Technology Innovation Center at Virginia Tech in cooperation with AOL and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology. Join in the discussion and enjoy the demonstrations and refreshments! Sessions will be led a team coming from Netscape and Mozilla, with support from AOL. Mitchell Baker is the general troubleshooter, spokesperson, and policy arbitrator for mozilla.org. Scott Collins has been a participant and contributor on the mozilla project since its inception. Mitch Stoltz is the lead security engineer for the Netscape client team. Sessions will run all day on the 24th. Many are of general interest, but some will be oriented toward those with a focus on technology. Pick and choose to suit your background and schedule. For more information contact Ed Fox (x1-5113, [email protected]). The schedule is: ● DBHCC - Auditorium ❍ 8:00 - 8:15 Welcome by Earving L. Blythe, Vice-President Information Technology ❍ 8:15-9:15 "Securing Open Source Software: Advantages and Challenges" Presenter: Mitchell Stoltz - Describes security implications of open source development. ❍ 9:30 - 10:05 "Introduction" Presenters: Mitchell Baker and Scott Collins - Describes the concept of Free Software/ Open Source Software. Intended audience - everyone ❍ 10:05 - 10:45 "Mozilla Project Dynamics" Presenter: Scott Collins - Interactions in the mozilla project Intended audience - everyone http://fox.cs.vt.edu/opensource.htm (1 of 2)5/15/2004 2:22:33 PM Open Source Roadshow with AOL - Case Study: Mozilla Project ❍ 11:00 - 12:15 "Security in Mozilla" Presenter: Mitchell Stoltz - Describes the security challenges and some strategies being used to improve security. ❍ 12:30 - 1:45 "Mozilla Educational Resources" Presenter: Scott Collins - Useful to anyone who wants to teach or learn more about mozilla. ● DBHCC - Conference Room C ❍ 2 - 3:15 "Open Source Licensing" Presenter: Mitchell Baker - Discussion of the Mozilla Public License in particular, and licensing of open source software in general, including regarding the BSD and GNU General Public License. Intended audience - everyone The last part of this session will include a panel with local discussants: ■ Kay Heidbreder, Associate General Counsel, Virginia Tech ■ Michael Martin, Executive VP, VTIP, Inc. (http://www.vtip.org/) ■ Ronald D. Kriz, Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech ❍ 3:30 - 5:00 "Mozilla Technologies" Presenter: Scott Collins - A breakdown of the exploitable machinery and technologies in mozilla. The intended audience is technical. ● Norris 136 ❍ 7:00 - 9:00 ACM Student Chapter Meeting Introduction, "The Mozilla Demos" Presenter: Scott Collins - Q&A, and informal discussion Intended audience - everyone ● Some handy links include ● Open Source Roadshow Summaries and Outline ● mozilla.org homepage ● Mozilla.org staff including Mitchell Baker and Scott Collins Special thanks go to the coordination efforts of Amy Hale, Director, University Relations, America Online, [email protected], (703) 265-2690. This page is online at http://fox.cs.vt.edu/opensource.htm http://fox.cs.vt.edu/opensource.htm (2 of 2)5/15/2004 2:22:33 PM Wiki: OpenSourceRoadshow OpenSourceRoadshow HomePage | RecentChanges | Preferences OpenSourceRoadshow - Wiki site for discussion with AOL for events on open source software For more information on using this wiki, go to the home page, using the button below, or directly to HomePage. To get discussion started, there are some separate pages created. You can add others too! The initial set includes: ● OpenSourceRoadshowDates - see dates for activities ● OpenSourceRoadshowAgenda - discussion of the agenda ● OpenSourceRoadshowSpeakers - list of people from AOL coming and speaking, with their info ● OpenSourceRoadshowOffers - offers of assistance from Virginia universities ● OpenSourceRoadshowQandA - questions for resolution ● OpenSourceRoadshowAgendaLicensing - discussion of MPL licensing ● OpenSourceRoadshowPressRelease - discussion about press release(s) ● OpenSourceRoadshowGWU - event on 10/21 at George Washington ❍ OpenSourceRoadshowGWUDiscussion - discussion about event ● OpenSourceRoadshowGMU - event on 10/22 at George Mason ❍ OpenSourceRoadshowGMUDiscussion - discussion about event ● OpenSourceRoadshowVT - event on 10/24 at Virginia Tech ❍ OpenSourceRoadshowVTDiscussion - discussion about event For further information contact Ed Fox, [email protected], +1-540-231-5113, home page http://fox.cs.vt.edu (This page last updated 9/27/2002.) HomePage | RecentChanges | Preferences Edit text of this page | View other revisions Last edited October 16, 2002 10:43 am (diff) http://collab.dlib.vt.edu/runwiki/wiki.pl?OpenSourceRoadshow (1 of 2)5/15/2004 2:24:36 PM Open Source Roadshow Summaries and Outline Skip to main content DownloadProductsSupportDevelopersAbout Us search mozilla: Open Source Roadshow Summaries and Outline ● Roadmap This document provides summaries and ● Projects (some) outlines for Mozilla's presentations at the upcoming Open Source Roadshow, as ● Coding well as profiles of the presenters. We expect details to change as we review, ❍ Module Owners polish, and act on feedback, especially in the technology demo area. As such, this ❍ Hacking page is more of a menu than a schedule. The exact set and order of presentations ❍ Get the Source will be tuned to the individual needs of the schools. ❍ Build It See Ed Fox's wiki for more discussion and ● Testing details. ❍ Releases ❍ Nightly Builds Presentation Summaries and Outlines ❍ Report A Bug ● Tools Introduction ❍ Bugzilla Time: 1/2 hour. Presenters: Mitchell Baker, Scott Collins. ❍ Tinderbox ❍ Bonsai This section presents an introduction to the concept of Free Software/Open Source ❍ LXR Software, and the mozilla project with a brief political/technical history and why the ● FAQs listener might be interested anything else we have to say. The intended audience is everyone. This session will be useful to anyone who wants to know more about mozilla, or who intends to see any other session. ● What is Free Software/Open Source Software http://www.mozilla.org/university/scc_roadshow_outline.html (1 of 7)5/15/2004 2:21:39 PM Open Source Roadshow Summaries and Outline ● What is this presentation? ● Who am I? ● What is mozilla? a brief history ● What is mozilla.org? ● What is mozilla University? (and why should you care). It's real-world development experience and technologies that are ❍ broad ❍ deep ❍ relevant ❍ accessible ❍ and we have the materials to communicate this knowledge ● Q and A Mozilla Project Dynamics Time: 1/2 hour. Presenter: Scott Collins. This section is a slice of life of the interactions in the mozilla project. It covers the activities, participants, connections, and the raw numbers that define our effort. The intended audience is everyone. This session will be useful to anyone who interested in how open source projects in general succeed and fail, and ours in particular; and to anyone interested in getting their hooks into mozilla and participating. ● it's a tight cooperative feedback loop ● design in the open (bugzilla, irc, news, and public meetings) ● bugzilla ● code and design review ● managing the source (source code control, access, branches) ● continuous integration and testing ● performance analysis ● many `eyeballs': public review of daily builds and milestones ● stable releases, freezes and milestones ● plugged into the rest of the free software/open source software community ● Q and A The Mozilla Demos Time: 1 hour. Presenter: Scott Collins. http://www.mozilla.org/university/scc_roadshow_outline.html (2 of 7)5/15/2004 2:21:39 PM Open Source Roadshow Summaries and Outline This section illustrates the breadth of applications to which our technologies have been put. The intended audience is anyone generally aware of web standards and current technologies, though technical expertise is not required. This session will be useful to project planners, engineers, and anyone else who wants a loose survey of the field. ● XUL ❍ demo of creating XUL ❍ themes ❍ remote XUL functionality ■ becomes a sidebar ■ becomes a desktop app ❍ using XUL for rapid prototyping and xp delivery ● Crocodile Clips ● Komodo 2 ● browser extensions ❍ sidebars ❍ google search ❍ blog ❍ gestures ❍ composite ● browsers ❍ mozilla ❍ Chimera ❍ NS7 ❍ Galeon ● XPCOM bindings ❍ PyXPCOM (Python) ❍ PlXPCOM (Perl) ❍ RBXPCOM (Ruby) ● SOAP ● MathML ● SVG ● XSLT ● Q and A Mozilla Technologies Time: 1 hour. Presenter: Scott Collins. This section is a breakdown of the exploitable machinery and technologies in mozilla. The intended audience is technical. This session will be useful to people who want to hack on mozilla code or UI, either as a contributor, or for their own projects (or both!). ● Gecko ❍