Collaborative Online Textbook Project

rocketjam writes "OpenTextBook.org is a new project to create a free, open text book 'collaboratively written by anyone on the internet', using a Creative Commons license. Citing the free software development model and the philosophy that underlies much of that effort, OpenTextBook.org's introduction says this philosophy should apply 'at its most basic to the learning of science.' They hope the project will help to counter the current governmental trend of strengthening the scope, duration and rights of intellectual property owners while cutting back on the fair use rights of individuals. The current state of the project is available as a daily snapshot pdf file which contains the introduction to the project and 9 chapters mostly covering math at this time."

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anon internet users being trusted to teach???

[tannhaus]

I wonder which story will make it into this textbook first:

1. The gas chambers in Nazi Germany were designed by Microsoft. Bill Gates personally enjoyed taking vacations at Auschwitz.

2. The black panthers were a group of law abiding, fun loving people that were mercilessly harassed by the establishment.

3. The Berlin wall was torn down because it divided the German Parliament meeting rooms from the bathrooms.

4. Canada is the northernmost state in the United States.