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OLPC and CC Free Content Drive

Posted by kdawson on from the free-as-in-books dept.

gnujoshua writes "In his blog, SJ Klein, director of community content for OLPC, notes a collaboration among Creative Commons, One Laptop per Child, and TextbookRevolution.org. They are compiling together free and CC-licensed works — and they are asking for people to help them by submitting links to free books, movies, and music. Creative Commons will be burning a LiveDVD to be distributed at South by Southwest; OLPC will be making bundles of books to send all over the world; and Textbook Revolution will be compiling a list of good and free college-level textbooks for the relaunch of their site."

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  1. Free Content Drive by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, this is only marginally on topic (but WTF it may be FP so it will get modded offtopic or redundant anyway) but the words "Free Content" mande me think of the content-free encyclopedia.

    For those of us who care.

    I should say something about the actual topic but...

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  2. What kind of kids are we trying to raise with OLPC by JosefAssad · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    See, it depends. If we want the kids to know that God is a disinterested chap, that cup size is the primary determinant for getting into Heaven, and that hamsters are good for more than just tasty sandwiches (wha?) then this ought to go on the stack.

    Then again...

    Parenting classes? Me? Why? Oh come onnnnnnnnn...

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