• Foreword
• Introduction to FOSS
• The Lay Of The Land
• On Being A Beginner
• Getting the Code: Source Code Management
• Building the Code: From Source to Executable
• Debugging the Code: Finding and Reporting Bugs
• Fixing the Code: Patches Welcome
• Explaining the Code: the Art of Documentation
• Expanding the Code: Adding New Features
• ReleaseEarlyReleaseOften
• Credits
• CaseStudySamba
• FOSSAndTheLaw
• FixingTheCodePatchesWelcome
• GettingStartedInAFOSSProject
• Glossary
• SourceCodeManagement
• Testing

(Assigned to: David Humphrey)

== On Being a Beginner ==

=== I don't know what I'm doing, how can I possibly help? =

=== Coping versus knowing. =

=== The courage to begin. =

== Case studies: how did you get started in community $FOO? ==

== Exercise: Reaching Out ==

The student should reach out to a few projects, select a project to work on based on the responses, and be able to defend that choice