Hi Chris On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 06:18 +1000, Chris Harvey wrote:
> and indeed, that when materials are used commercially (eg., > sold) they are by definition *not* free. > > > You might want to look up the word free in the dictionary. > Yip, you right -- the commercial version would not be "free of cost" however the original version on WE is both free of cost and free as in "freedom of speech". As Stephen pointed out -- there are multiple meanings of free -- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/free Richard Stallman of the free software foundation has written extensively on the meaning of "free" insofar as free software is concerned -- and WikiEducator derives its meaning of free from these principles. For us this is a matter of freedom, not price, so think of "free speech". It's a well documented debated and there is divided opinion in educational circles. Hope this helps. Cheers See for example: http://wikieducator.org/Say_Libre or --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator, go to: http://www.wikieducator.org To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
