[school-discuss] Re: [seul-edu] Free Curricula License

[Chris Hornbaker <chrishornbaker@earthlink.net>]

We'll be discussing the FCL on irc.openprojects.net in #fcl. Come on over to 
join in the discussion!

Chris

On Sunday 24 February 2002 11:03 pm, you wrote:
> If you want people to sign on to the project how does
> one do so?
>
> Cordially,
> S. Barret Dolph
> Headmaster
> White Horse English
> Development Center
> Taipei Taiwan
>
> Chris Hornbaker wrote:
> > If you're on multiple mailing lists, then please, forgive us for any
> > duplicates of this letter.
> >
> > This is a request for comment by Christopher Hornbaker and Justin Zeigler
> > on their joint effort, the Free Curricula License. The license is a
> > hybrid, it contains ideas from the GNU FDL, FreeBSD Documentation
> > License, the Open Publication License, our selves', and those of
> > countless others.
> >
> > The primary focus in our design is educators, and how Open Source
> > Ideology can be made more accessible for them. While we are looking for
> > comments and suggestions from everyone, we are especially interested in
> > input from the intended users of the license, teachers. The license
> > itself is a work in progress. We would like a substantial amount of
> > feedback so that we can have a license for curricula and materials that
> > will be compatible with Open Source ideals
> >
> > The Official draft of the Free Curricula License can be found at:
> > http://www.osef.org/FCL.html
> >
> > We need a lot of different types of feedback, including; grammar, loop
> > holes, clarifications and answers to the following questions:
> >
> > Does something need an example?
> >
> > Does a part of it not sound right?
> >
> > Are you having trouble following it?
> >
> > Do you feel something is unreasonable?
> >
> > Is it against the Open Source definition?
> >
> > Are there any clauses that contradict each other?
> >
> > Other questions like these would be a great help.