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Instructure’s Open Source Strategy

2 Mar 2011 By Nate Angell 13 Comments

Cloud Peace Symbol: used under CC from http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5393966702/.

I have been watching Instructure and it’s move to offer part of its Canvas learning platform under an AGPLv3 open source license with great interest.

First, Canvas is a compelling product, with some great usabilty and features. I also welcome Instructure’s move to a (forked?) open source path, which I think helps evolve platform options and the marketplace in useful ways.

I am unconvinced, however, by a main thread Instructure CEO Josh Coates takes up in his recent blog post on Instructure’s open source strategy.

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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Canvas, dimdim, edtech, Instructure, LMS, Moodle, MySQL, oracle, rSmart, Sakai, Salesforce.com, Sun

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