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Does anyone else think a startup could be built around a software platform that universities could use for releasing their content to the world? See here: http
by itmag 15y ago
Does anyone else think a startup could be built around a software platform that universities could use for releasing their content to the world?
See here: http://ideashower.posterous.com/idea-platform-that-universities-can-use-to-re http://ideashower.posterous.com/idea-platform-that-universit...
If anyone wants to work on this, contact me :)
- law 15y agoUnfortunately, Blackboards' patents preclude this from becoming a reality. For the next 15 years, Blackboard has an exclusive right to practice this "virtual classroom" business method.[1] Their patent pledge[2] promises that they will not assert their rights against any open-source or home-grown initiative, which is why Stanford et al. are able to get away with hosting their own content in this format. It's a harsh reality that by itself makes the case for patent reform. [1]: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,493,396.PN.&OS=PN/7,493,396&RS=PN/7,493,396 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec... [2]: http://www.blackboard.com/about-bb/patents/patent-pledge.aspx http://www.blackboard.com/about-bb/patents/patent-pledge.asp...
- rosh 15y agoYou should contact Thrun and Norvig who are running ai-class, they've started http://www.knowit.com/ http://www.knowit.com/
- itmag 15y agoYeah but I would have to convince them that they need some random dude in Sweden :)