Re: [OS:N:] RE: freedom in the learning environment
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- Jeremy Hogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > killing the freedom to create better software in the process. > > > The freedom to create derivative works, perhaps. What's to stop you > from > using it, creating a spec, and having someone clean room engineer > better > software? That is much more work than to make a converter based on an open file format. The entire open source and free software movements are based on not reinventing the wheel every time, but people contributing and collaborating to make things better, step by step. Only when the basic working materials are in the public hands can an individual make a marked difference with low cost. >Which is not the same as reverse engineering. You can > copyright an implementation of an idea, but not the idea itself. The copyright issue here is not pertainant, the issue is the EULA of your courseware. That prevents even the basic use that copyright would allow. 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>