[Sussex] Fw: [lugmaster] Re: Collecting history of FLOSS in UK (fwd)

[Gareth Ablett]

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Subject: [lugmaster] Re: Collecting history of FLOSS in UK (fwd)


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> Date: 2003-11-18 12:00:14 +0000
>  From: David Tannenbaum <david.tannenbaum at worc.ox.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: Collecting history of FLOSS in UK
>
> Dear Lugmasters,
>
> I am a doctoral student in Economic & Social History, and am writing
> my  dissertation on the history of free software.  I am currently
> compiling a short history of free software use and development in the
> UK, particularly in higher education, for a separate project that will
> be published online. The report will go on the website, which has a
> policy of putting an open license on all documentation, and that
> anyone can contact them to discuss alternative licensing if they need
> it.
>
>
> Could folks suggest events or areas of interest that I should include?
> I  am particularly interested in free software use and development in
> higher education, but would like to include everything that's
> important. I'm interested in history going back as far as the 1950s.
>
>
> David Tannenbaum
> University of Oxford
> Economic & Social History
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