Re: [seul-edu] Re: coalition future (was: RE: [coalition web ring])

["David M. Bucknell" <david@members.iteachnet.com>]

Fantastic!

Roger apparently had ideas about not using the sourceforge app -- what about
using it as a starting point and adapting it?

I hope some real coders are interested?!

David

Doug Loss <drloss@home.com> said:

> "David M. Bucknell" wrote:
> > 
> > Schoolforge.net does need a home, Roger, and I like your idea of using it
to
> > "ramp up" the services offered to school-oriented projects. It's a good
idea.
> > As you say, it's a missing piece and whatever brings cohesion to the group
of
> > people working in about the same direction is good, I think.
> > 
> > For those who don't remember or know about it, schoolforge appears to be
the
> > next step in developing not only school apps, but the content that goes in
> > them.
> > 
> > Anyway, I'd be glad to work on this with anyone else interested and
there's
> > probably no better place/group than seul/edu to host it.
> > 
> > Certainly, this would be part of the coalition, eh?
> > 
> I'm all for this.  This could be useful in developing the educational
> software installations for the various distributions that Roger, Bill
> Kendrick, and others have mentioned.  And since SourceForge seems to be
> going proprietary, it's probably a good idea to have a place for
> free/open source educational software to live (other than Savannah,
> which maybe a bit too restrictive in their license requirements for our
> purposes).
> 
> This should be a central part of the coalition.
> 
> Doug Loss
> drloss@home.com
> 



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