quiz1

Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software

Spring 2018

Quiz #1

HFOSS is not a lawyer, and this does not constitute legal advice.

1) Please expand each of the following acronyms (1 pt each):

• 1.1) IRC
• 1.2) FOSS
• 1.3) OLPC
• 1.4) FSF
• 1.5) PR

Bonus: Give the expansion for the acronym GNU. (1pt)

2) What is the name of the version control system we use in this course? (1 pt)

Bonus: Give the name for another version control system. (1pt)

3) Please give the one-word name for the interface used in the OLPC computers & our VMs? (1 pt)

Bonus: 4) What is the short, two-letter name for the OLPC computers used in the final project for this class? (1 pt)

5) We refer to sites that host source code as "forges". What is the name of the primary forge used in this course? (1 pt)

Bonus: Name the other forge we have used?

Bonus: Name another forge, one we have not used for this course.

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:

A) 1618                       a) War of 1812
B) 1776                       b) Second Defenestration of Prague
C) 1812                       c) United States' Declaration of Independence

becomes

A) 1618                       a) Second Defenestration of Prague
B) 1776                       b) United States' Declaration of Independence
C) 1812                       c) War of 1812

7) We've discussed "the four R's" as a shorthand for the freedoms attached to software for it to be considered "free" or "open source". List or describe each. (eg, if you can remember the "r" word you can just give that. If you cannot remember the term, but can describe the freedom involved, that also counts). Various "r" words are roughly synonymous for some of the freedoms, but we're counting freedoms here, not synonyms so if you give two (or more) terms for the same freedom, it only counts once. For the purposes of this quiz, "remix" does not count as describing any of them. (1pt each)

• 10.1)
• 10.2)
• 10.3)
• 10.4)

Bonus:

Q: How do I quiz?

A: 3 Steps:

1. Create a blog post that includes each question, with the answer to each question below it, on your HFOSS Blog you set up in First Flight.
2. Add a 'quiz1' line to the .yaml file you edited in first flight, with the link to your post.
3. Send deejoe a pull request with this addition to your .yaml file to complete the quiz.