Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe report on a one-day conference on open source software development communities organised by OSS Watch held in Edinburgh on 4 July 2005. <a href="/issue44">issue44</a> July 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/660/author-info">randy metcalfe</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/757/author-info">sebastian rahtz</a> Randy Metcalfe considers the role of free and open source software in UK Further and Higher Education. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/660/author-info">randy metcalfe</a>