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-# hfoss2024-blogs
+hfoss2024-blogs
+===============
+
+Student blog posts from the HFOSS 2024 class ([fossrit.github.io/hfoss2024-blogs/](https://fossrit.github.io/hfoss2024-blogs/))
+
+
+## About
+
+This repository hosts student blogs in 2024 from the Rochester Institute of Technology in the IGME-582 Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software Development course.
+Students are required to blog and write about their open source community activities during the run of the course.
+The student blog posts are published via Jekyll and GitHub Pages.
+
+### About IGME-582
+
+IGME-582 Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software Development is an extracurricular course.
+It is offered as part of either the [Free and Open Source Software and Free Culture Minor](https://www.rit.edu/study/free-and-open-source-software-and-free-culture-minor) or the [
+Free Culture and Free and Open Source Computing Immersion](https://www.rit.edu/study/free-culture-and-free-and-open-source-computing-immersion).
+More about the course below:
+
+> "This course provides students with exposure to the design, creation and production of Open Source Software projects.
+> Students will be introduced to the historic intersections of technology and intellectual property rights and will become familiar with Open Source development processes, tools and practices.
+> They will become contributing members of humanitarian software, game and interactive media development communities.
+> Students will actively document their efforts on Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software community hubs.
+> (Prerequisites: This class is restricted to students with at least 2nd year standing.) Lec/Lab 3 (Spring)."
+
+
+## Legal
+
+All work licensed under [MIT License](https://github.com/FOSSRIT/hfoss2024-blogs/blob/main/LICENSE.txt).