On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If you haven't been following the LMS scene for a while, a new AGPL
>> competitor is on the scene - with over 200 employees.
>>
>> http://voice.instructure.com/blog/bid/148942/Our-Open-Source-Strategy
>>
>> Interesting points, and of course the question of whether it stays open
>> remains...
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>
> Though even the contribution agreement says that it will be licensed under a
> "suitable FSF or OSI license" if you make a contribution.  Huh.

It's AGPL, according to

    http://www.instructure.com/compare-higher-education

It's also a Ruby on Rails app.

>
> In fact, apparently UW uses it...
> http://www.washington.edu/lst/news/2012/canvas-rollout/  William, you
> probably just use Sagemath cloud for everything :) but any thoughts?  In
> particular I'm thinking of the non-mathematical piece of this.

I've never heard of it until this morning.  I'm guessing LMS =
"Learning Management System" (not London Math Society).

I watched their little 90 second video.   I don't know if this product
has anything to do with mathematics...

Thanks for pointing it out.  It's interesting to see more activity in
this area....

 -- William

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