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It is disappointing that KA launched their Computer Science program not long after making their website closed source[0]. Doubly disappointing because of open-
by sethish 14y ago
It is disappointing that KA launched their Computer Science program not long after making their website closed source[0]. Doubly disappointing because of open-education projects that were using the software platform to do free education projects in Brazil[1] and Portugal[2].
[0]: https://khanacademy.kilnhg.com/Auth/LogOn?ReturnUrl=/&nr= https://khanacademy.kilnhg.com/Auth/LogOn?ReturnUrl=/&nr...
[1]: https://calenglishbr.appspot.com/ https://calenglishbr.appspot.com/
[2]: https://uc3m-ka.appspot.com/login?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fuc3m-ka.appspot.com%2F https://uc3m-ka.appspot.com/login?continue=http%3A%2F%2Fuc3m...
- TheSilentNumber 14y agoIt's really sad. They were never really concerned with being truly free & open. They just were "open" in the wishy-washy way that when you do anything online for free, you can call it open and get lots of support.
- schrijver 14y agoSo why are these remarks getting downvoted? BTW, could someone provide links with more details, i.e. what was closed, this still appears pretty open: https://github.com/khan/khan-exercises https://github.com/khan/khan-exercises
- shardling 14y agoI think they're getting downvoted for being incorrect. I can't find any info about KA moving to closed source.
- jnbiche 14y agoUmm, I think it's all still open-sourced. It's just hosted at Github, which probably integrates it better into the open source community: https://github.com/khan https://github.com/khan They even make their ec2 instances open source!