* time table for write-up ** What is free software This section needs to be strong and to the point as it is the first thing you see it obviously needs to tell the reader what free software is it should reference licenses and GNU documents aim to complete by (30/10/24) started on (17/10/24) first draft finished on (22/10/24) moving on to section 2 now, as i feel confident that this section is quite well rounded. (24/10/24) ** A brief history of free software This section should have alot of references, and shouldn't use to much technical language or if it does it should tell the reader what it means I could use a timeline perhaps here but that should be looked into aim to complete by (15/11/24) a very poorly writen first draft compleated on (24/10/24), it needs alittle more info in it. and alot of grammar checking ** Examples of free software This section shouldn't be too long, it just needs to tell the user that they have probably already used free software in some sense. Include a lot of references to software aim to complete by (24/11/24) after reading through everything ive already writen, i dont think this section is needed, so as of right now i will be skipping it. (5/11/24) as of this point on, this section is renamed to "how is freesoftware developed. it will talk alitte on why developers like this method Made a first draft on this section, quite happy with it, although id like to add more detail at some point soon. (5/11/24) Happy with it, marking as done (26/11/24) ** Comparing free software to its proprietary counterparts This should follow on from the previous section quite nicely, starting by showing of some proprietary and then show some graphs comparing it to open alternatives aim to complete by (25/11/24) initial work started in early november about 2/3 done at (26/11/24) will aim to finish in this session finished and happy on the (26/11/24), will spell and grammer check soon ** pause for a bit, look over what you've done after this section, try to go over everything, add more references, spell check things, make things more concise and generally relax a little more aim to have done this look over by (4/12/24) ** What makes free software so appealing to developers this is going to be the bulk of my information, where I really try and show off, lots of references to people who use free software and how it helps them, why its important to them etc.w etc. Aim to complete by (15/12/25) first full draft made on the (10/12/24) will continue with final edits on the 10'th however i would like to move on to the next section, as this will make the mid project review easier to write, however i should come back to this section in the next break period ** What makes free software so appealing to privacy experts exactly the same as the previous section, they should role quite nicely from one to the other this section can focus more on indiviuals and i can use my reseach on them in this section Aim to complete by (2/1/25) ** take another break the previous 2 sections are going to be the most important in the entire paper, so take this time to improve upon them and make them the best they can be aim to complete by (10/1/25) ** Where else if free software used and why this should be a pretty brief section describing a few other examples, use the free software in the energy sector and free software in libraries papers here aim to complete by (17/1/25) ** What's next for the free software space this is another short section, going over some interesting developments in the space, in reference to privacy and development aim to complete by (25/1/25) ** Final thoughts this really only needs to be a few sentences that basically just says, free software is used in these spaces because it clearly holds material advantage compared to other options aim to complete by (5/2/25) ** intro get a nice little intro done, it can basically repeat the final thoughts section. only needs to be a paragraph or two aim to complete by (10/2/25) ** fix everything that needs fixing go over everything, spelling, grammar, references and more. Make sure it is clear, is within the word count. Use this time to clean up the formatting, making it very pretty aim to complete by (7/3/25)