D2L has posted the Flash-based technology tutorials that both sides prepared for the court (for viewing by the Judge? The Jury?). The presentations are intended to give summaries of their arguments and evidence in relatively non-technical terms and with a minimum of legal jargon as well. Finally, we have clear statements on what each side […]
Archive for June, 2007
Desire2Learn and Blackboard Technology Tutorials for the Patent Case
Published by June 28th, 2007 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 5 CommentsAfter two days of being down due to problems with my service provider, e-Literate is back up.
Sorry about the interruption.
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Overview of Oracle’s Participation in Open Source
Published by June 24th, 2007 in Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 0 CommentsI just discovered this summary of a speech about Oracle’s participation in open source (and open standards) given by Omar Tazi. Apparently, Tazi is Oracle’s Chief Open Source Evangelist. (Who knew?) Tazi himself affirms that the summary is reasonably accurate in his comment on it. (It doesn’t look like he’s aware of our work with […]
Four Ideas for the Future of Sakai
Published by June 23rd, 2007 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Notable Posts and LMOS. 0 CommentsOne of the emerging themes from the Sakai Amsterdam conference was a strong desire in the community to develop a coherent vision for Sakai’s developing educational value proposition. Now, because of Sakai’s heritage as a project grown out of an alliance of strong, independent institutions rather than led by a single, charismatic leader (like a […]
Blackboard and D2L Markman Filings Are Up
Published by June 20th, 2007 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 1 CommentThanks to Seb for the reference.
D2L has posted the latest filings from both sides, detailing their competing interpretations of Blackboard’s patent. (Before you can decide if somebody has infringed on a patent, you first have to decide what that patent means.) The judge will evaluate these competing claims in what’s known as a Markman hearing.
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