[IAEP] Powerful ideas in the classroom

[Kim Rose]

When we first published the book in 2003 the situation at Viewpoints  
Research and with my co-author,  BJ Conn were quite different than  
they are today.  The olpc initiative, organization and the XO  
computer did not exist.  At that time we were thinking more  
traditional "print media" - hence the traditional copyright notice in  
the printed hard-copy book.

  -- Kim


On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Bryan Berry wrote:

> I am quite curious why you haven't chosen to release it under an
> open-source license. Could you explain the reasons why you chose a
> restrictive copyright for this work?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Rose <kim.rose at vpri.org>
> To: Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org>
> Cc: Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com>,
> its.an.education.project at tema.lo-res.org
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Powerful ideas in the classroom
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:18:36 -0700
>
> You now have that permission!
>   Kim Rose
> Executive Director
> Viewpoints Research Institute
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Bryan Berry wrote:
>
>>
>> The Copyright notice on the book says "All Rights Reserved" which
>> means
>> I have to get the written permission from VPRI before making any
>> change
>> and redistributing it.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com>
>> To: Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org>,
>> its.an.education.project at tema.lo-res.org
>> Cc: kim.rose at vpri.org
>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Powerful ideas in the classroom
>> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:38:43 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean. This book has been freely used as a
>> base for
>> translations into Japanese, Spanish,.Portuguese, etc. It can  
>> certainly
>> be freely translated into Nepalese.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org>
>> To: its.an.education.project at tema.lo-res.org
>> Cc: kim.rose at vpri.org
>> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 6:05:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Powerful ideas in the classroom
>>
>>> A complete PDF of the "Powerful Ideas in the Classroom" book can be
>>> downloaded here:
>>> http://www.squeakland.org/tmp/PowerfulIdeas-20041018.zip
>>
>> I have looked at this book before and been quite impressed w/ it.
>>
>> I am concerned that it is not open-source. It would be quite useful
>> for
>> us in Nepal to translate individual portions and put them into
>> individual lesson plans tied to the national curriculum. The current
>> licensing scheme discourages this.
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Bryan W. Berry
>> Systems Engineer
>> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>>
>
> -- 
> Bryan W. Berry
> Systems Engineer
> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>