Fwd: [Nosi-discussion] funder requiring free software ...
Michael Maranda
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I'm working on a grant funded project, wherein our funder (the Knight
Foundation) has explicitly required us to use open source software to
develop the games they've funded.
I was not at all surprised to hear that a number of other grantees have
been grumbling about the requirement.
I've just posted a blog entry on the PBS Idea Lab (another requirement
of the grant ...) about why I think that their decision to push their
grantees to use open source software (they've never said "free") is
actually a good thing:
http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2007/11/free-and-open-source-games.html
I'd love any feedback that you might have. It sounds like they may scrap
the requirement in their next round of funding -- I'd rather see them
figure out how to do it well and I think that hearing from people who
can articulate the reasons that software freedom matters could help.
Thanks!
Amanda
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Amanda B Hickman
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