Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of StrategyConsultation


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02/08/14 16:41:25 (3 years ago)
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chris
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  • StrategyConsultation

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    55The Transition Network makes use of a lot of [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw Free / Libre Open Source Software], for example, [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] and [https://www.drupal.org/ Drupal] and we would like to see this commitment retained and further developed. We would love to be able to offer free alternatives to commercial applications (eg. !YouTube, !SoundCloud, Skype etc.) to ensure that Transition Initiaves and projects are not dependant on corporate services. Where new services are being developed, for example on-line learning courses we would like to see a commitment to try to use self hosted free applications (for example [https://moodle.org/ Moodle]) where ever possible. 
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    7 By using and working with open source communities should have reciprocal benefits, for example switching from Google Maps to [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] would reduce the Transition Network's dependency on a corporation and also help the !OpenStreetMap project as people in local initiatives assist in updating local maps. 
     7Using and working with open source communities should have reciprocal benefits, for example switching from Google Maps to [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] would reduce the Transition Network's dependency on a corporation and also help the !OpenStreetMap project as people in local initiatives assist in updating local maps. 
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    99=== Free / Libre Open Source Applications ===