[LAD] students and copyright

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re all,

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:49:40PM +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:

> Actually the  most free software development happens  in a Do-cracy:
> The one who does the job (or the biggest part of it) gets to decide.

that's right. but sometimes people gain a better position to do things
and avoid  including other "doers" treathening their  "power".  it can
happen in projects growing succesful, that get funding (yes, money can
harm a  project) and don't  have an "open organization"  protocol (i'm
loosely  referring  to  http://www.open-organizations.org)  for  these
kinds of negotiations.

> So if  Bob titles himself as  "Director", that is  fine. He actually
> directs the output  of various students into a  releasable form that
> lasts longer then a summer.

i agree that is fine, plus he seems to invest good care in documenting
students contributions.

still, myself being a person working in education, i think the problem
is  more structural:  i'd rather  question  why students  in a  school
should be contributing to  a professor's project, rather than starting
one on  their own? they could learn  how to work in  a more horizontal
and creative way, even if the  project will be less interesting in the
eyes of the director, who should be there to give suggestions and help
on students projects, not the contrary.

ciao


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