Hi Randy, WikiEducator is first and foremost a project about the essential freedoms. Our point of departure is freedom of speech.
Therefore Libre software is the default position and our the foundation on which our project is built. WikiEducator would not be what is today without the free software foundations and principles on which we stand. On ethical grounds we cannot take non-free software as a point of departure. T he reason for this is simple. If any educator in the world asks for a copy of the source code we are using -- we must be in a position to say yes. Wikieducator cannot find itself in a position where we must refuse to help a fellow educator in order to upload the copyright provisions of non-free software. I know you know this well -- being an free software user yourself, but need to clarify the point. Cheers Wayne On Mar 9, 4:16 am, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > How about a phased approach. > > Google for now + explore OS alternatives, > > When OS functionality is where the commuity wants it, then migrate to OS . > > - Randy > > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am still really on the fence. My original Google vote was for reasons > > much like Ian's we have thousands of users around the world who need access > > to wikieducator now, who are not terribly comfortable using unfamiliar > > software no matter how user friendly, and Google is a known commodity. I > > respect the open resource philosophy and am a bit leery of any commercial > > enterprise, even Google but I think we need to be sure that all these > > carefully trained folks can actually use the resources and soon....sorry to > > be always seeing both sides. Joyce > > > *Ian Thomson <[email protected]>* > > > Sent by: [email protected] > > 03/08/2010 08:43 PM ZE11Please respond [email protected] > > > To [email protected] > > cc > > bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY > > Subject [WikiEducator] Improving our our search capability -- WE need > > your advice > > > From a Developing region (the Pacific islands) struggling to include things > > like WE into the education system, the simpler and more familiar the better. > > > Many teachers in the region will be familiar with Google and will feel more > > at home using that than some other little understood engine. > > > I vote for Google > > > -- > > Ian Thomson > > At SPC in New Caledonia > > > -- > > 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] > > > -- > > 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] > > -- > Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. > > ________________ > Randy Fisher, MA, OMD > Senior Consultant, Change Management, eLearning/Collaboration & Performance > Intersol Group, Canada > > Senior Consultant, Organization & Capacity Development > International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand > > Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council,www.wikieducator.org > +1 613.722.5577 (EST) > Skype: wikirandy > Twitter: wikirandy > > * Organization Design & Development > * Stakeholder Engagement & Project Implementation > * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Learning Communities > * Coaching & Facilitation > * My Bio:http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com -- 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]
