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1 * time table for write-up 2 ** What is free software 3 This section needs to be strong and to the point as it is the first thing you see 4 it obviously needs to tell the reader what free software is 5 it should reference licenses and GNU documents 6 aim to complete by 7 (30/10/24) 8 started on (17/10/24) 9 first draft finished on (22/10/24) 10 moving on to section 2 now, as i feel confident that this section is quite well rounded. (24/10/24) 11 ** A brief history of free software 12 This section should have alot of references, and shouldn't use to much technical language or if 13 it does it should tell the reader what it means 14 I could use a timeline perhaps here but that should be looked into 15 aim to complete by 16 (15/11/24) 17 a very poorly writen first draft compleated on (24/10/24), it needs alittle more info in it. and 18 alot of grammar checking 19 ** Examples of free software 20 This section shouldn't be too long, it just needs to tell the user that they have probably 21 already used free software in some sense. Include a lot of references to software 22 aim to complete by 23 (24/11/24) 24 after reading through everything ive already writen, i dont think this section is needed, so as 25 of right now i will be skipping it. (5/11/24) 26 as of this point on, this section is renamed to "how is freesoftware developed. it will talk alitte 27 on why developers like this method 28 Made a first draft on this section, quite happy with it, although id like to add more detail at some 29 point soon. (5/11/24) 30 Happy with it, marking as done (26/11/24) 31 ** Comparing free software to its proprietary counterparts 32 This should follow on from the previous section quite nicely, starting by showing of some 33 proprietary and then show some graphs comparing it to open alternatives 34 aim to complete by 35 (25/11/24) 36 initial work started in early november 37 about 2/3 done at (26/11/24) will aim to finish in this session 38 finished and happy on the (26/11/24), will spell and grammer check soon 39 ** pause for a bit, look over what you've done 40 after this section, try to go over everything, add more references, spell check things, make 41 things more concise and generally relax a little more 42 aim to have done this look over by 43 (4/12/24) 44 ** What makes free software so appealing to developers 45 this is going to be the bulk of my information, where I really try and show off, lots of 46 references to people who use free software and how it helps them, why its important to them 47 etc.w etc. 48 Aim to complete by 49 (15/12/25) 50 first full draft made on the (10/12/24) 51 will continue with final edits on the 10'th however i would like to move 52 on to the next section, as this will make the mid project review easier to 53 write, however i should come back to this section in the next break period 54 rewriten the entire section as i thought it was very weak, it is now far 55 better and shows more information. 56 (9/1/25) 57 this section needs a counter point (30/1/25) 58 ** What makes free software so appealing to privacy experts 59 exactly the same as the previous section, they should role quite nicely from one to the other 60 this section can focus more on indiviuals and i can use my reseach on them 61 in this section 62 Aim to complete by 63 (2/1/25) 64 started on the (10/12/24) 65 and finished on the (12/12/24) 66 put this section out quickly however im very happy with how it 67 has turned out so far, gammar and spelling is still needed but the 68 content is done 69 ** take another break 70 the previous 2 sections are going to be the most important in the entire paper, so take this 71 time to improve upon them and make them the best they can be 72 use this section to complete the mid project review 73 aim to complete by 74 (10/1/25) 75 ** Where else if free software used and why 76 this should be a pretty brief section describing a few other examples, use the free software in 77 the energy sector and free software in libraries papers here 78 aim to complete by 79 (17/1/25) 80 started this section on (17/12/24), did one paragraph, will continue later 81 finished this section on the (19/12/24) 82 ** What's next for the free software space 83 this is another short section, going over some interesting developments in the space, in 84 reference to privacy and development 85 aim to complete by 86 (25/1/25) 87 started on and finished on the (19/12/24) 88 talked about the rising improvements in the past years, need to reference 89 for this 90 ** Final thoughts 91 this really only needs to be a few sentences that basically just says, free software is used 92 in these spaces because it clearly holds material advantage compared to other options 93 aim to complete by 94 (5/2/25) 95 started on and finished on the (19/12/24), very small, but that's all it 96 needed to do, keeping it clean, and to the point, showing how things have 97 improved in free software and other such things. 98 ** intro 99 get a nice little intro done, it can basically repeat the final thoughts section. 100 only needs to be a paragraph or two 101 aim to complete by 102 (10/2/25) 103 started on and finished on the (19/12/24), it was very brief, but covered 104 what was needed for the readers. 105 ** fix everything that needs fixing 106 go over everything, spelling, grammar, references and more. Make sure it is clear, is within 107 the word count. Use this time to clean up the formatting, making it very pretty 108 aim to complete by 109 (7/3/25) 110 the write up is finished, however still needs more edits, over the next 3 111 months i can tick away at small edits until it is of a good quality. 112 (9/1/25) 113 114 * time table for presentation 115 ** planing 116 define what sections need to be made, what order, the formating etc... 117 aim to complete by 118 (15/1/25) 119 ** writing 120 filling in the structure made in the last section. also start reheasing at 121 this point 122 aim to complete by 123 (23/1/25) 124 finished on (16/1/25) 125 ** reheasal 126 have everything memorised and learned 127 aim to complete by 128 (27/1/25) 129 ** doing 130 give the talk 131 aim to complete by 132 (7/3/25) 133 134