Re: European Schoolnet and the Future Classroom Lab

I know that there is a big difference and I was a little naive about 
writing in this list
Libre and Open are the best.. and I am not discussing about this

It's really unclear to me why most of you reacted about the latest part 
of my comments. and not about the fact that  during our visit in the FLC 
someone raised  the question of using  non proprietary solutions...

can we  move around  propositve actions, beyond  usual question relating 
that  free is not gratis?
.
Here in  Piedmont i there is a regional law 9/2009 about using free 
software and there is a specific amount of money dedicated to the 
educational sector (only in Italian 
http://arianna.consiglioregionale.piemonte.it/ariaint/TESTO?LAYOUT=PRESENTAZIONE&TIPODOC=LEGGI&LEGGE=9&LEGGEANNO=2009) 

At the moment there are two actions running, as far as I know:

1) an european  tender for developing online courses about educational 
open source software for schools 
http://www.csipiemonte.it/cms/images/stories/files/forniture_gare/gare-attive/n_18-11/G11-18FO-CRT-Requisiti%20tecnici.pdf 

   based on a catalogue of  educationalopen source software
http://www.csipiemonte.it/cms/images/stories/files/forniture_gare/gare-attive/n_18-11/G11-18FO-CBG-Allegato%201%20-%20Catalogo%20Software%20Libero%20per%20la%20Scuola.pdf 

the courses will be available online for every one (italian speaking)

2) a grant of 50,000 eu  for three classrooms from different school 
degree (primary and secondary)  in the same campus using mobile netwbook 
with open source software 
http://www.finpiemonte.it/Libraries/Documenti_pagine/BANDO_OPENCL_SS_2.sflb.ashx 

The three classes received their notebooks on nov 8th 
http://www.finpiemonte.it/inagenda/12-11-05/Gioved%C3%AC_8_novembre.aspx

Could we try to gather other examples of this kind?


my best regards
Eleonora




Il 11/12/2012 14.55, Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild ha scritto:
> Hello
>
> On 11 December 2012 08:21, Eleonora Pantò <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't know if it's not proprietary or open but  they showes us that  it
>> was free for a basic use..
> We do not, and should not, care whether something is gratis. We should
> care whether something is free as in freedom. The following Stallman's
> article might be of interest to you too
> <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
>
>
> Cheers,

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