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Oct 15th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Education, Software
Steve Hargadon inverviewed Richard Stallman on Free Software in education.
Download the interview in Vorbis OGG format.
Download the interview in Vorbis MP3 format.
[audio:http://educationbridges.net/k12opensource/wp-content/uploads/rms.mp3]
Here’s some useful links.
Order a copy of Ubuntu. Watch Ubuntu Videos. Free Software for windows users.
Tags: Education, free software, stallman
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Sep 29th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Education, Software
The other day I was helping people use computers at a local community group, I knew all of them have young children so I put together a CD with Tux Paint, Tux Paint stamps, GCompris, Elephants Dream and I have some SFD leaflets left over so I gave them a copy of that and we [...]
Tags: free software, kids
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Sep 18th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Software
Saturday
It was raining on Saturday but I decided to get out of the house and join the crew in the city. I managed to find Elspeth and Stephen. As it says in a previous post we were in the heart of the city at Queen Street Mall, handing out Free Software CDs and an information [...]
Tags: free software, sfd
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Sep 16th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Law, Software
Let us all rejoice
Software Freedom Day
Brisbane
Brisbane’s SFD Team this year is celebrating on both Saturday 16th September and Sunday 17th September 2006. Saturday we will be in the heart of the city at Queen Street Mall, handing out Freesoftware CDs and an information leaflet.
Then on Sunday we will be at the Computer Markets from 10am [...]
Tags: free software, sfd
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Aug 7th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Law, Software
Thanks for reminding me that this is coming up Noiesmo.
From the Wikipedia Entry for Software Freedom Day
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). SFD is a public education effort, not only to celebrate the virtues of Free and Open Source Software, but also to encourage its [...]
Tags: free software, sfd
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May 27th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Education, Law, Software
The original Squeak release is available under APSL2. The APSL2 is listed as a GPL-Incompatible, Free Software License so this means we have a version of Squeak that is Free Software.
“This is a free software license, incompatible with the GNU GPL. We recommend that you not use this license for new software that you write, [...]
Tags: free software, squeak
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May 11th, 2006 |
By Chris |
Category: Blog, Chris, Education, Games, Software
I put together a project called Games that empower.
Its a collection of Free, Libre and Open source games and a simple way for people to download them.
There’s been a lot of hype about the value of game based learning in education lately so I hope this project is useful to some of them. Recently [...]
Tags: Education, free software, Games, Software
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