Re: [Visualpython-users] High School Network Security

[Lee H. <mi...@ho...>]

> > "Our technology team discussed your request to install VPython on the
> > network/lab at our May 4th meeting and all agreed that it is not good
> > practice to install open source software on the school computer systems.
> > We have conferred with LHRIC and a random sampling of other districts 
>and
> > all agree it is not in the district's best interest to do so, even 
>thought
> > there is no doubt your intended goal is worthy."


Do they have java installed on the web browsers? Java is open source.

I bet you can find other things already installed that are open source.

Do they have windows installed?  If I recall correctly, windows uses
quite a few BSD licensed programs in their base install (the ftp client,
parts of their TCP/IP stack).

Not installing because it is open source is the most outrageous thing
I have ever heard. That these are the people controlling what young
people get to learn is outrageous.

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