Open Source Barriers in Computer Education

Greg DeKoenigsberg has a new post responding to comments made by Mark Guzdial, who argues that open source is hurting computer education. From DeKoenigsberg’s post:

Even though the code is free for anyone to hack on, it can be difficult and intimidating to become an actual contributor to an open source project. Open source projects can benefit greatly from knocking down these barriers, and most have a lot of work to do in this regard.

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