[Foundation-l] two links

Mon Oct 15 02:52:17 UTC 2007

> From: Oldak Quill
> 
> On 15/10/2007, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The second is on wikiversity. It is actually a feature course, which is
> > why I found it...
> > http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Filmmaking
> > It is very very very cool stuff.
> 
> Sadly, the main piece of software used in this course (FrameForge 3D
> Studio) is only available on Windows and Mac. What's more, the
> software isn't even free to use - only the demo is. In fact, all
> software apart from the "other useful programs" (GIMP, Audacity) seem
> to be only available on Windows/Mac and are not OSS.
> 
> This isn't necessarily a criticism. There may not be any free
> alternatives (and it is better to provide a free course for what
> software is available than provide no course at all). Still, I find it
> a little disconcerting that some parts of Wikimedia can only be used
> by Windows/Mac users. How important is "freeness" (in all its forms)
> to Wikimedia projects?

You can start to write for users on other platforms say Linux, DOS (as I
know there are still many people using DOS) or OS/2 Wrap and for OSS.

It's a free project, isn't it? If you think we should have articles (or
books) for something, just do it. ;)

Ted (Hsiang-Tai)