The first is that Habitat supports Creative Commons licensing, allowing publishers to
create open source content and educational materials; in line with that is Inkling's announcement that it will be creating fifty open source titles for schools in partnership with the 20 Million Minds Foundation, furthering the reach and viability of digital textbooks in environments that are more than ready to receive them.
Not exact matches
Once the Web grew from a collection of static pages to an interactive platform, Matt Mullenweg knew users would need an
open source content management system, so he
created WordPress.
Kat wanted to use Popcorn, which is an initiative to
create open source programming and video
content over the Internet.
While the real power of
open -
source textbooks, Bridges and others say, is being able to tap into the knowledge of the nation's 3 million schoolteachers, a look at the recent crop of books suggests that's not an accurate reflection of how educational
content is being
created.
On these
open -
source sites, materials
created and reviewed by educators are shared under a Creative Commons license, which means other teachers may use and adapt the
content for free.
Using a free Amazon cloud server, I installed Drupal, a free
open -
source content management system that allows users to
create and configure a database that they can search and sort using various modules designed by other Drupal users.
The ePub format is an
open standard, albeit one managed by Adobe, so anyone can
create a client application (an
open -
source one for Windows Phones was launched last week) but those only work for DRM - free texts - protected
content is restricted.
Using
open source technology like Mediawiki, with its built - in e-book tools,
creates a platform for people who are publishing elsewhere to share their
content in a different manner.
Designed to offer fast and affordable online transactions, this
open -
source digital currency can be used as a form of payment for goods and services, a vehicle to trade for other currencies and a way to «tip» other Internet users who
create or share popular
content.