[Fsedu-developers] Re: RFC for Free software consent based content mangement

[James Michael DuPont]

--- Stephen Compall <address@hidden> wrote:
> James Michael DuPont <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Their argument is that it is not possible to protect their content
> > without taking away the rights of the students.
> 
> If that is their argument, they are quite correct.  In fact, it is
> silly to separate these concepts.
> 
> "Protecting" (i.e., restricting) content, in this context, **IS**
> taking away the rights of the students.

Ok. So you are saying that it is not a worthly goal to find a way to
securly deliver fee based content to a single recipient, where the
consumer agrees that he will only view the content for a limited time
and in a limited manner.

I think that some content can be effectivly delivere that way using
free software. If we are about to provide various levels of restriction
of the content, using free software, then the students will be able to
pay for teachers to provide them up to date content while still using
free software.

there is a difference between having the right to view and edit the
source code and having the right to re-distribute the courseware.

> 
> > I think such an consent based content management is much saner than
> > using non-free file formats and non-free software.
> 
> I think the fact that "content management" requires non-free file
> formats and software means that there is more to discourage people
> from using "managed content", and therefore more to discourage people
> from "managing" content in the first place.  This is a good thing.

OK. So we want to preclude such a content management system from the
FSEDU?




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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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