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Open textbooks valuable option
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| The solution is to approach the problem at the source, for students and
| faculty alike to exert the market force they are entitled to as consumers and
| increase the adoption of open textbooks and learning materials. Unlike
| traditional textbooks issued by major publishers, open textbooks use a unique
| copyright system that allows students to read them for free online, download
| copies to print, and purchase bound copies for as little as $20-$30 a copy.
| Open textbooks also have the advantage of being infinitely adaptable to the
| needs of the instructor, allowing them to edit the text as the needs of a
| given course change from year to year, potentially eliminating the need for
| new editions and the crippling effect they have on the used book market.
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http://badgerherald.com/oped/2009/01/26/open_textbooks_valua.php
Open Source Text Analytics
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| If you have data mining background, RapidMiner and R are strong text
| analytics options.
|
| R is an open-source implementation of the S statistical programming language,
| which was developed at Bell Laboratories starting in the mid-‘70s. R is
| available under the GNU General Public License, which allows commercial use.
| Look in particular for tm, the R Text Mining Package, and for other useful
| modules and software interfaces listed under the natural-language processing
| task view. The paper “Text Mining Infrastructure in R” will help you along.
|
| RapidMiner is commercial open source, available in a free, community edition
| under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) (which is similar to the
| LGPL used by Gate, with adaptations for networked software use) and also a
| closed-source (commercial) license for those who wish to embed the software
| into proprietary, commercial products. RapidMiner was developed at the
| University of Dortmund, Germany, and was formerly known as YALE (Yet Another
| Learning Environment). The university spun off Rapid-I in 2007 to develop and
| support the software.
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http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/9516
Recent:
Elsevier steals, then copyrights other people's free stuff
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| Reed Elsevier caught copying my content without my permission:
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| I was not asked for, and did not give, permission for my work to appear
| on that page, much less in that format. Needless to say, I felt a little
| slighted.
|
| The website in question appears to be a custom version of the LexisNexis
| search engine. This particular version appears to be Elsevier's own
| custom version, intended for internal use. I don't have conclusive proof
| of that, but the title bar at the top of the page reads, "Elsevier
| Corporate", and the person who accessed my blog from that page had an IP
| address that's registered to MD Consult, which is an Elsevier subsidiary.
| My guess is that Elsevier's keeping track of news articles and blog posts
| that mention them, along with the context in which they're mentioned.
|
| [...]
|
| Reed Elsevier Is Stealing My Words:
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| I received an email from ScienceBlogling Mike Dunford that Reed Elsevier
| had excerpted one of my posts. No problem there--I like it when people
| read my stuff....except for one thing:
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| The fuckers copyrighted my words.
|
| Copyright violation?:
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| Apparently, publishing companies don't always get permission for the
| materials they use, either. Mike Dunford caught Reed Elsevier copying his
| content without permission (from Stephen Downes).
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http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/08/elsevier_steals_then_copyright.php
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