Martin Dougiamas

but I notice you picked GMT which will possibly give you problems when the seasons change. I changed it to Europe/London for you which will let Moodle automatically handle all that too.

Note that is Sean Keogh in this picture, not me!

And yeah, Moodlemoot more photos everyone!

(I'm still sweltering here )

I don't actually think anything will happen, because all enforcement will do is make Blackboard look like the bad guys. I believe the announcement is a PR thing right now so they can gauge market reactions and get some free exposure on the news wires.

If we do need to, though, you can bet your Assignments that there WILL be an LMS/CMS/VLE Defense Fund set up to fight it (for not just Moodle, but the 100 or more other systems and thousands of developers this action would be affecting).

I am totally not worried about this, everything is fine. So please don't panic everyone!

Isn't it ridiculous what the patent offices allows companies to patent?

http://www.blackboard.com/patent


P.S. Software Patents are Evil.

P.P.S. I'm not worried as I think there is plenty of prior art.

Yes, it's fantastic to meet people face to face. When I'm reading the forums now I literally can hear and see you all saying the words.

Thanks for introducing me to the song! I think it's a keeper!

(to the tune of Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard)

We're all going on a Moodle Holiday
We're all going to a Moodle Moot

(needs some more words though)