[Foundation-l] two links

[Oldak Quill]

On 15/10/2007, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Post-script: The following sentence is written at the bottom of the
main page, "If you are under 18 years old, you should ask your parents
to contact me for more information". This seems very unlike Wikimedia.
Why would you have to be over 18 to contact the proprietor of the
Filmmaking course?

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)