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i'm a student in bremen. i just thought it will help me to gain some extra points.

What will help you make a better thesis is to experiment yourself.

As Holger mentions a lot of work has already been invested in the OsmocomBB project by many different people, and like with all open source software you are allowed to use all that work according to the conditions in the software license.

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but i guess it's not a good idea to do so.

It's not a good idea to ask someone else to provide data for your thesis. It is an excellent idea to use OsmocomBB yourself to collect some data for your thesis.

In the process of doing so, you will of course start by studying all existing documentation and reading archived correspondence on this mailing list, to immerse yourself in the project and learn how to use it.

You'll have to do it yourself. Otherwise it isn't really your thesis.

Already while you are still learning about OsmocomBB you are immediately able to contribute things to the community that provides the tools that you are using. You can help teach others through documentation and traning, without doing any programming.

The way it works is that you analyze the existing tools and the existing material, learn the tools that you need to use (e.g. wiki syntax, or git for version controlled documentation) and then you submit improvements to any part of the project.

You may be able to receive feedback on your improvements from more experienced project participants, and you should iterate until your work is ready to be included in the project.

The more you contribute to the project, the more you will find that others want to help you with your personal efforts.

Welcome to open source!

//Peter