Fiona Bathgate
Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:20:42 -0800
I'm sorry about digressing to a different topic here but since there are
lots of people talking back and forth, it seems like a good time to ask
if someone has the original .fla file for misconceptions.swf. This flash
movie is used in the module called "Internet" that gives a general
introduction to the internet. It was not included with the download
package and has UT specific content that I'd like to remove before I use
it for our library.
Thanks
Misha Sra
Webmaster
University of Colorado
Auraria Library
1100 Lawrence St.
Denver, CO 80204
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brent Simpson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 1:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: TILT fork?
>
> TILT would still be copyright the University of Texas but the
> TILT Open Content License allows people to create any kind of
> modifications they like and redistribute if they like. My
> concern is that there are a lot of modifications that people
> would like, but it doesn't appear that there are any
> resources available through the University of Texas to be
> able to report, or accomodate an open source project of this
> kind. This would require something like Eduforge
> (http://eduforge.org) which has the kinds of tools that
> developers of open source projects need:
> communication tools, CVS, Wikis, etc.
>
> Now this project is unique in that it's focus is primarily a
> body of content not programming routines or source code. I
> think that Eduforge could function quite well for content as
> well; we could upload the content into the Wiki and engage
> the community to make changes and update content this way.
> There would be some core "developers" that would consist of
> programmers for the interactions, installation, quizzes,
> etc... and content experts who would advise and peer review
> the TILT content on the Wiki for inclusion in new releases.
>
> Perhaps I should also comment on who "owns" TILT; the
> University of Texas would still maintain the Copyright of
> TILT and be able to release a TILT package on their own that
> either included the mods made by the forked TILT community or
> not. Or, they could back this idea and use something like
> Eduforge to do it themselves, contribute, etc. As one of the
> original developers of TILT (and yes, I wrote most of that
> crappy code ... completely self taught this was the first thing I ever
> programmed) and the instigator of TILT being covered by an
> Open License I have always felt that the spirit of releasing
> the content in this fashion was never really realized. There
> are at my last count, over 85 institutions that have a
> modified or not copy of TILT running; but has the TILT team
> in UT Austin ever merged any code or content from these
> institutions back into TILT. Not that I know of. Now, this is
> not a criticism of the Austin people; there are no original
> developers left working there and just maintaining TILT is
> quite a job. They were left with a project that if I had of
> had more foresight perhaps I would have left with more
> mechanisms in place to be able to solicit and merge changes,
> but that time is now here. If TILT is still a useful tool
> then I think it's worth considering how to quickly get it up
> to speed with the changing times.
>
> comments....
>
>
> brent simpson.
>
>
>
> Arthur Christy wrote:
>
> >Has anybody talked with the owner yet? It seems like
> everybody wants
> >to do something with somebody else's program. It may not be open
> >license, but I would think there is still a copyright.
> >
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> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ben Blah
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> >Bill,
> >
> >I was not aware of the New York State regulations for
> accessibility.
> >Do
> >you have any resources available that could act as guidelines for a
> >possible
> >
> >new version.
> >
> >Ben
> >
> >
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> >FILETIME=[C87F35A0:01C4C1C3] > >This would be the naswer to my
> >concerns about it being so Texas specific. Moving it to
> EDUFORGE is an
> >excellent idea. I had stopped any of
> >
> >my own work on TILT hoping it might be developed along more
> generic lines.
> >There is much that could be improved including making it
> accessable to
> >all users including the blind. As it stands now I can't use
> it because
> >it violates New York State regulations on accessability. I need to
> >rpovide alternative conent to the animations and graphics
> that is equal
> >in quality and quantity of information.
> >>
> >>Bill Drew
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