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FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents

September 10, 2010 - 08:38 — David Bucknell

As you likely heard on any number of news sites, Oracle has filed suit
against Google, claiming that Android infringes some of its Java-related
copyrights and patents. Too little information is available about the
copyright infringement claim to say much about it yet; we expect we'll
learn more as the case proceeds. But nobody deserves to be the victim of
software patent aggression, and Oracle is wrong to use its patents to
attack Android.

Though it took longer than we would've liked, Sun Microsystems

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OpenERP 5.0.14 Announced

September 4, 2010 - 06:51 — David Bucknell


We have the pleasure to announce a new revision of OpenERP 5.0.

The previous version 5.0.13 of OpenERP had a problem with the version of Python 2.4 and 2.5.

This release contains the bug fixes of 5.0.13 and one important security fix which you can find in this brief summary.
In this version we have back-ported the safe_eval function from the trunk version.
But if you want to find more details you can look at the Changelogs [1]

The Windows Installers will be made available as soon as possible.

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AContent 1.0 Released (by ATutor)

August 29, 2010 - 10:05 — David Bucknell

SOURCE: ATutor: info at atutor.ca

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FET Free Educational Timetabling Software

August 14, 2010 - 12:10 — David Bucknell

Scheduling or time-tabling software -- the name changes according to where in the world you grew up -- is the poster-child example of garbage in, garbage out.  No software application is going to make up for insufficient or disorganized information.  The process matters, too:  As in life, you must be ready to say what you need right at the start and, subsequently, to ask for what you want at well-chosen moments.

I had the opportunity to use FET ("Free Educational Timetabler") version 5.11 on Ubuntu 10.04* recently and found that it is not only powerful, but backed up by an active on-line forum which I found responsive and creative with suggestions.  FET's author, Liviu Lalescu of Romania, takes an active part, often leading the responses. Other users give clarifying advice, though, which elevates FET to that difficult-to-achieve status of a genuine FLossEd community project in my mind.

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3 New ATutor 2.0 Modules

August 12, 2010 - 08:39 — David Bucknell

From info at Atutor.ca

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AT: Increasing number of schools turn to open source

August 2, 2010 - 09:22 — David Bucknell

From Guido Arnold via schoolforge-discuss

"The number of schools in Austria that are considering to use or are using open source is increasing, according to school IT administrators and open source developers involved in education."

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Open Admin 4.75 Released

July 19, 2010 - 16:08 — David Bucknell

Sunday, July 18th

The new OA 4.75 version is now available for download. New LDAP management, templated reports, new staff system, and other improvements.

OA Version 4.75

This release has new LDAP Management, and Templated Student Staff report and simple Template generator.

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OpenERP 5.0. Released

July 12, 2010 - 21:10 — David Bucknell

FROM: http://www.openerp.com


We have the pleasure to announce a new revision of OpenERP 5.0.

This release contains lots of bug fixes which you can find in this brief summary.
But if you want to find more details you can look at the Changelogs [1]

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Eight Use-Examples of Open Atrium Adapted for Schools

July 10, 2010 - 18:22 — David Bucknell

Example One

News-post using site-wide feature in adapted Open AtriumLike many of you, I have been burning the midnight oil learning how the revolution called Open Atrium 1 works under the hood.  In the end, it is hard to out-do its makers for elegance, so rather than rolling a new edition of Drupal 2, building on the great work in Open Atrium seems to be a smart move. 

So, the challenge is not so much technical as social: how can we adapt it to work in a school?  I suggest envisioning the typical uses.  So, here we go:

It starts from the top in schools, so our hypothetical "head" of school will show us how to post the news -- to everyone.

After logging-in and looking over what's been posted lately, he finally goes to the "create content" button and posts his school-wide news.

 

  1. 1. http://openatrium.org
  2. 2. http://drupal.org
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ATutor 2.0 Released

July 7, 2010 - 08:59 — David Bucknell
FROM: info at atutor.ca
July 6, 2010

ATutor 2.0 has now been released. This version has some significant new features and represents a change of direction for ATutor software from its LMS roots to a collection of tools for developing online classrooms.  ATutor administrators should upgrade their systems at their earliest convenience.

Follow these links for addition details, and read below for a list of new features.

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