[school-discuss] The Story behind Open Content and Publishing

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>]

Dear Colleagues,
While more and more people are learning about free and open source software,
newcomers have not often considered the possibility of extending the concept of
open-source licensing to non-software publishing, especially for education. Some
say it is high time that school book publishing got acquainted with world of
high-quality open-source development. As the second part of an introduction to
the world of free and open resources, I have written a general historical sketch
of open source/ public domain publishing. I have posted the first of three parts
on opensourceschools.org. It is meant to follow my "story of open source
software." I hope that it will prove useful to those of you interested in, or
promoting, free and open content for schools. If you would add comments about
what I have left out, I would also be grateful and will make sure they remain
part of the document as it evolves. 


http://opensourceschools.org/article.php?story=20020520174326809

Best wishes,

David Bucknell


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