Hi, i dont speak english very well but ill try to make myself clear,....
I know that we can use freely moodle and everything but i just found out that in my school here in mexico, are going to ask for us(students) to pay a price for using moodle, my school is calling it "Digital 'MySchoolName' " but i can tell its moodle, they have put a legal note were it says that the platafform is a development project from my school and they have removed all the moodle logos!
I know that cant be right! is there anyway i can denounce this? i can give all the info (telephones,email adresses) so someone could talk to director of my school who isnt aware by the way, the one who is doing all this is a teacher at my school.
Do u guys know who i can talk to regarding this matter, and what do u guys think?
Cheers
Legal issue
Number of replies: 4Re: Legal issue
This may not sound nice, but there is nothing in the terms that Moodle is licensed under that actually prevents school's charging students for accessing the site's that run on Moode.
Ås far as I know the GPL doesn't even prevent the charging *for* Moodle itself, although practically this isn't enforced since you're obliged to give your source code & changes back.
Its "free" as in "free speech" not "free beer".
Sorry...
Ås far as I know the GPL doesn't even prevent the charging *for* Moodle itself, although practically this isn't enforced since you're obliged to give your source code & changes back.
Its "free" as in "free speech" not "free beer".
Sorry...
Re: Legal issue
Hi Eder,
I agree with Michael. Open Source software is open. But if you think it is unfair, it might be. I bet you would get lots of opinions in the Lounge's Social Forum about your post.
Most colleges near me charge for classes. They charge for the class if it is face to face, or if it is on line. Some colleges charge by the marking period (semester or quarter) and not by the class. Other charge by the "credit". We have an online secondary school in our state that uses Moodle and charges students for each class.
Think about a building. I give you a free building to start a school. The building was free and everything else that makes it a valuable working school costs money. Moodle is like that building. Or is it like a book you have to buy to take a class? I do not know what is fair for you and your school.
I would be mad if my school spent more money making Moodle fancy instead of paying teachers for more classes or charging me for a great looking building with nothing in it
I would be very mad if my school spent money to buy something else instead of Moodle which costs less.
These ideas are not about "security and privacy" and really belong in the Social Forum in the Lounge. But your post is a good one and one of the reasons I support Moodle.
Chris
I agree with Michael. Open Source software is open. But if you think it is unfair, it might be. I bet you would get lots of opinions in the Lounge's Social Forum about your post.
Most colleges near me charge for classes. They charge for the class if it is face to face, or if it is on line. Some colleges charge by the marking period (semester or quarter) and not by the class. Other charge by the "credit". We have an online secondary school in our state that uses Moodle and charges students for each class.
Think about a building. I give you a free building to start a school. The building was free and everything else that makes it a valuable working school costs money. Moodle is like that building. Or is it like a book you have to buy to take a class? I do not know what is fair for you and your school.
I would be mad if my school spent more money making Moodle fancy instead of paying teachers for more classes or charging me for a great looking building with nothing in it
These ideas are not about "security and privacy" and really belong in the Social Forum in the Lounge. But your post is a good one and one of the reasons I support Moodle.
Chris
Re: Legal issue
I know, and im ok with the charging thing but, isnt wrong that they r not giving credit in anyway to moodle, they removed all logos and they r claiming that its fully their project!
There should be something moodle could do to enforce that they put a legal note that gives credit to them....
There should be something moodle could do to enforce that they put a legal note that gives credit to them....
Re: Legal issue
If they're simply re-branding Moodle to fit with their institution then there would be no issue. To be honest we're trying to avoid mentioning Moodle as far as possible with our site, since it really isn't of any interest to the users of the system: they (probably) don't care to be honest what we use!
If (and I'm not a lawyer) they are removing all of the branding and attempting to pass it off as their own work to redistribute or sell, then they could be getting into some hairy areas in terms of breaching the terms of the GPL license under which they were able to get Moodle.
I'm not entirely sure why you're so het up about Moodle getting credit...IMHO the important people (techies basically) would recognise it as Moodle and give credit to Moodle regardless of whether or not there was an actual Moodle badge, and the rest of the users probably don't care that it's Moodle (note I say probably!!).
But definitely not a Security & privacy issue!
If (and I'm not a lawyer) they are removing all of the branding and attempting to pass it off as their own work to redistribute or sell, then they could be getting into some hairy areas in terms of breaching the terms of the GPL license under which they were able to get Moodle.
I'm not entirely sure why you're so het up about Moodle getting credit...IMHO the important people (techies basically) would recognise it as Moodle and give credit to Moodle regardless of whether or not there was an actual Moodle badge, and the rest of the users probably don't care that it's Moodle (note I say probably!!).
But definitely not a Security & privacy issue!