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Thank you for this post. It will help a lot for us to integrate the Open 
Source ideology with the academia world.

Emil

>I recommend reading this article on parallels between Boy Scout and FLOSS 
&gt;ethical principles: <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7533";>http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7533</a>
&gt;
&gt;In particular I'm thinking of the 2nd paragraph:
&gt;Schools should teach students ways of living that benefit society as a whole. 
&gt;The most fundamental mission of schools is to teach people to be good 
&gt;citizens and good neighbors--to cooperate with others who need their help 
&gt;[1]. The real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other 
&gt;people. To leave this world a little better than you found it [2]. Teaching 
&gt;the students to participate in a community, is a hands-on civics lesson. It 
&gt;also teaches students the role model of public service [1]. Happiness is the 
&gt;result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure [3]. So, 
&gt;let's teach concepts, not applications ... let's try to teach boys how to use 
&gt;tools to think [4]. The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to 
&gt;learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him 
&gt;on a stereotyped system [5]. When appropriate, it is necessary to give 
&gt;students real skills, not only &quot;directions for use&quot; [6]. We want to get them 
&gt;all along through cheery self-development from within and not through the 
&gt;imposition of formal instruction from without [7]. The common thread in each 
&gt;project must be the ability of collaboration, to greatly enhance learning 
&gt;opportunities [8]. The boy, while working in co-operation with the others, is 
&gt;responsible for his own separate part of the job [9]. 
&gt;
&gt;These are alternately quotes from Stallman and the founder of the Boy Scouts.   
&gt;There are references at the end that might be helpful.
&gt;
&gt;Michael
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