Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Detailed discussion of the concept of an "Educational Source Forge," a free and open source repository for educational materials. As Glen Bull and Joe Garofalo write, "Just as Richard Stallman found it necessary to employ copyright law to codify and protect a longstanding tradition in the software community, a general public license will encourage a similar practice in the educational community." Several papers follow this introduction, looking at the mechanics of such a proposal in detail.

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