Re: [OS:N:] OSS teaching database, was: Schools without OSS
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- "M. Fioretti" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 12:14:14 at 12:14:14PM -0400, Charles McColm > ([email protected]) wrote: > > > > Many educators are > > > > not interested in giving students the rights to use free > software, the > > > > rights to examine and modify the learning software. > > > Like who? > > > > Hi Jeff, just as an aside from the current discussion I thought I'd > dig > > up an old can of worms from last year. The University of Waterloo, > > Waterloo, Ontario, is one example of educators not interested in > giving > > students rights to use free software. > [snip] > > > When the announcement was first > > made on Slashdot a lot of people got really angry. > > Two or three months ago I asked slashdot to post the question: > > "does your university or high school let you use Free SW, and does it > put Free licenses on course material (lesson notes from professor, > whatever)? Please tell, so we can build a database which students can > look at when choosing where to study. I volunteer to put it online > and > maintain it" > > They did'nt post it, so I temporarily forgot the whole issue. The > idea > is still valid however, I think. If somebody can provide hosting (I'm > on dialup), LAMP and an ssh access, I'm still here, just contact me > off list. Of course, if somebody else already did it and I missed it, > please tell. Slashdot refuses to cover these issues of freedom and student rights, at least all of my posts have been blocked. Please can you do a write up on the www.fsedu.org wiki? thanks, mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>