[Fsfe-ie] free software in schools

Ciaran O'Riordan ciaran at member.fsf.org
Mon Nov 23 02:51:14 CET 2009


I found this paper about the problems software patents would cause for
schools:
http://www-old.eun.org/insight-pdf/special_reports/e_learning_softpat.pdf

Most interesting regarding free software are section 3.2 on how two-thirds
of schools do in-house developement, and section 3.3 on the value of free
software to schools.

The whole doc is 8 pages.  The arguments are in section 3 which goes from
pdf page 4 to pdf page 7.

(If anyone knows other docs/arguments regarding software patents and
education, please feed: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harms_to_education )

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