Re-engineering software education: OSS-aware software education in the era of utilizing external resources

Open source software (OSS) is becoming increasingly visible throughout the software industry. Not only for the software industry, it is also penetrating numerous aspects of today´s world, such as open innovation and social innovation. The power of OSS, as a radical driver of social innovation, presents a wide array of challenges, not just for the real world, but also for education. The author presents a seven-aspect view model of OSS that describes the diversity and heterogeneity of OSS. Then, the author discusses the impacts and implications of these aspects from the viewpoint of education.