On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 08:13:19AM -0700, tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: > I'm not sure how Scribd ( https://www.scribd.com/ ) is perceived by > commercial publishers. Is it considered sufficiently respectful of > Intellectual property rights to be used as a source for Teaching Open > Source?
How are you thinking of using Scribd as a source? Keep in mind that, ideally, we are teaching using materials that are 100% free and open, on platforms that are 100% free and open. I haven't ever researched Scribd and just spent less than five minutes on their site, but I can't find any sign that their tools or policies favor free and open source software and content. If there are particular books on that platform, we could use them if the associated license was sufficiently freed. However, if the sources are tied up in a proprietary Scribd format/platform, that could be a problem. - Karsten -- name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener team: Red Hat Community Architecture uri: http://TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki gpg: AD0E0C41
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