[Olpc-open] Suggestion for Terms of Use for content

[Seth Woodworth]

While the wiki is the best structure I can think of for organizing content.
We don't have much in the way of content (yet), nor really the groups of
content creators in place (yet).

Content getting uploaded to the wiki doesn't mean that it becomes outward
facing nor a part of a content bundle.  The volunteer editors that will be
collecting these materials from uploads to the wiki (but mostly from other
projects like Librivox and Flickr) will be the ones in control of creating
said packages.  Among those editors, and in the structure of final content
approval, should be moderators.

Ultimately the distribution countries will likely be the ones that decide
what ends up on school servers and what doesn't.
This relates to the Doom conversation I suppose.  While the Wiki is
currently the dropbox for all OLPC, I don't really see it as a recommended
distribution mechanism to target countries.  But I don't know what the
process is going to be for adding content to the school server?

What we can do right now is draw up a set of guidelines for what the
education system in Nepal would consider reasonable.  I'm working on putting
together a collection of Creative Commons licensed images from Flickr (and
wiki-commons) that I would love to have input on, and I would be happy to
draft up guidelines with you.

seth


On Jan 19, 2008 4:32 AM, Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com> wrote:

> I immensely admire the Scratch website as a space for collaboration for
> kids and adults. I suggest OLPC seriously consider adopting these same
> terms of use for the wiki and other official OLPC sites.
>
>
> Scratch Terms of Use  http://scratch.mit.edu/terms
>
> As part of the Scratch community, you are sharing projects and ideas
> with people:
> • from many different countries and cultures
> • of all ages (from young children to teens and grandparents)
> • with all levels of experience
>
> We need your help to make this community a supportive place for every
> member. Here's how you can help:
>
> Be respectful. When sharing projects, remember that people of many
> different ages and backgrounds will see your creations.
>
> Offer constructive comments. Instead of just criticizing a project, say
> what you like about it and offer suggestions on how to make it better.
>
> Give credit. Feel free to make modified versions of other people's
> projects - just make sure to give them credit. One place to give credit
> is in your Project Notes.
>
> Help keep the site safe. If you feel others would find a project mean,
> insulting, too violent, or otherwise inappropriate, click the link from
> that page: "Flag as inappropriate." (The Scratch team will review, and
> may remove any project or comments.)
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think it would be great for OLPC to put together a team to
> periodically review content tagged as inappropriate. This group should
> include teachers and women (who could be teachers :) not be solely
> composed of male software developers or pseudo-developers like myself.
>
> Perhaps it would be good to set up a site like www.xohacker.org where
> people could post their free clones of Grand Theft Auto or Leisure Suit
> Larry. This would give people the freedom to do what they want and
> maintain a safe environment for kids w/in the OLPC activities pages.
> Frankly, I myself like violent games but I respect that they bother a
> lot of people, particularly teachers and parents I work w/.
>
> I will try to contact John Maloney of the Scratch team and find out what
> particular procedures they have for reviewing content.
>
> BTW, I really like ScratchR community site and think it is a great
> option for hosting the activities.
> http://scratch.mit.edu/scratchr
>
> --
> Bryan W. Berry
> External Relations Manager
> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
>
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