Hi Wayne, In terms of costs - hard and soft - how much in US or Cdn dollars will it take to set up a Chinese installation and hosting service? If the numbers are not to high, then maybe it's possible to shake the bushes to find the funds.
- Randy On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Leo, > > I'm working hard to find a solution for establishing a Chinese localisation > for WE. The bottom line is that I need external funding sources for the > installation and hosting. As a Commonwealth Agency, I am unable to set up a > Chinese version, unless this is funded through externally monies :-(. > > I think the Connectivism course is an excellent project and is being > facilitated by some of the smartest and most respected folk in our world of > networked learning :-). > > The CC-BY-NC-SA license they are using, does not restrict translation of > the materials. So you are free to translate the course into Chinese. > However, this will need to be hosted on a site that permits the > Non-commercial restriction. > > WIkiEducator subscribes to the Free Cultural Works Definition, and our > choice of the CC-BY-SA and CC-BY licenses means that we cannot host material > which contains a Non-Commercial restriction. We would first need permission > from the original copyright holders to host a translated version of the > content on WikiEducator without the NC restriction. However, as I indicated > above -- you are free to work on a translation on the LTCwiki. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers > Wayne* * > > > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change, Connections and Collaboration to Improve Performance. * Engaging People in Teams, Communities and Organizations....and WikiEducator! + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wikieducator.org http://www.wikieductator.org/Community_Media http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher Cool WikiEducator Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9-CNlIqsY Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
