[Fsf-friends] [link] school tool
Suraj
suraj@symonds.net
Fri, 2 May 2003 02:20:27 -0700
There is this wonderful project that is starting off. The reason why
I'm posting this here is that this tool, though is technical good,
seems very shady - in that 1. it wants to dual license its code,
2. the site claims the free version "might" be under the GPL. So we
should all participate in this projects and vote for GPL and make sure
that if this tool reaches the same fate as that of source forge we can
atleast fork off a new free project and take it further.
-Suraj
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Welcome to the SchoolTool Project
SchoolTool is a project to develop a common school administration
infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source
licence.
Our vision is to create a platform that is equally compelling for
schools and colleges in First and Third World countries, that
supports
best practices in school administration and which is readily
customised to suit local regulatory requirements.
Our hope is that the first version of SchoolTool will:
* be available under a variety of licences including at least one
Open Source licence (probably the GPL).
* support critical school administration tasks: student
registration, timetabling, attendance tracking, test results
tracking, report writing and web portal functionality
* support a web interface for remote deployment and
administration
* meet regulatory requirements and local customs in South Africa,
the UK and the USA
You can read more about the SchoolTool Vision, and the detailed
SchoolTool Requirements. We are developing SchoolTool largely in
Python, which makes it platform-independent (it should run on
Linux,
UNIX, the Mac OS and Windows). Key target platforms for support are
Linux and WindowsXP. You can read about the SchoolTool
Architecture.
Development of SchoolTool is hosted on the SourceForge network. If
you
have an interest in effective school management then please join
the
mailing list and help us to make this a robust tool that suits your
needs.
SchoolTool development is funded by [13]The Shuttleworth
Foundation, a
non-profit organisation that supports social innovation based in
Cape
Town, South Africa. We are always looking for new and innovative
ways
to improve education, please take a look at our web site and send
us a
proposal!
Latest News:
2003-04-27:
Mailing List Created. Please see our SourceForge Project Summary
page
and join the schooltool-devel mailing list if you would like to
participate in the discussion.
2003-04-21:
SchoolTool Reborn. Development recommences, Mark Shuttleworth will
lead project from London. Initial target is system that meets basic
requirements for schools in US, UK and SA.
References
1. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/
2. http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/
3. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/index.html
4. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/docs.html
5. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/vision.html
6. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/spec.html
7. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/arch.html
8. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/roadmap.html
9. http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=63502
10. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/resources.html
11. http://schooltool.sourceforge.net/contact.html
12. http://sourceforge.net/
13. http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/
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