[bufc] BUFC Mailing List First Post
- From: bufc@xxxxxx
- To: bufc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:29:22 -0500
Hey guys,
Thanks for coming to the meeting! This is the first post of the mailing
list, set up on freelists.org
To send an email to the list, send it to bufc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and it will
send it out to the other group members.
Hopefully we'll hear some good news from Leo and/or Paul about setting
up an OCW test server in the CS department. I know at that meeting I
said that MIT's OCW was an open platform, but I was mistaken. What I
was thinking about was 'eduCommons',
http://cosl.usu.edu/projects/educommons, produced by Utah State
University. It's an exact clone of MIT's platform, which is really
sleek-looking. eduCommons is used by a number of OCW schools
internationally, and by Notre Dame and USU domestically. However, it
requires a number of packages and libraries to install, but I don't
think it will be too much trouble for anybody with the appropriate
privileges.
Also, in scary and corrupt news, check out this article on Ars about a
new bill in congress, the PRO IP act of 2007. The scariest thing about
it, besides the major corporate backing and increased penalties for
copyright infringers, is the proposed creation of the Office of the
United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative
(USIPER). Copyright cops.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071206-congress-copyright-reform-seize-computers-boost-penalties-spend-money.html
That seems like plenty for a first post,
Rich!
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