Free Software Case Studies/Inventory

This page is to list specific case studies that have caught our attention and rate them in terms of educational value, priority for development or adapting, and to assign a score (from 1 - 10) all things considered to choose a few to develop further.

NB At this stage the scores are arbitrary to show sorting ability. A small team at the FTA will assign scores at some stage to help select case studies for a course (see Prioritising case Studies). Feel free to add and comment (use the 'discussion' tab above). To add a row you need to use {{Case Study Inventory Row}}.

Status Colours:

ready: ready and on-going

wip: work in progress

candidate: future candidate

pass: shelved for now

Use the word in bold for 'status' to change the row colour

Title	Blurb	Sector	Domain	Aspects	Region	Status	Value	Priority	Effort	Score
WikiEducator	WikiEducator is a community project working collaboratively with the Free Culture Movement towards a free version of the education curriculum by 2015.	civil	education	policy, economics, community building, community innovation, ...	global, based in NZ, web host in Canada	Needs to be adapted as a case study. Consider expanding to cover OERF.	medium	medium	low - all required materials are readily available under CC-BY-SA	7
Free Software and People & Planet	People & Planet is a student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment.	civil	sustainability	Policy, Cost, Security and Reliability, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Environmental Impact, Technical, ...	Based in the UK	ready	high	high	low	9
City of Munich Migration	The German city of Munich is migrating its computers to FLOSS including GNU/Linux on both desktops and servers. The main motivation is freedom from specific software suppliers.	public	public services	Freedom from software vendors, Cost, Security and Reliability, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Legal, Impact, cooperation, .... License of existing case study incompatible.	Germany, Munich	pass	high	high	high (unless license change)	6
French Gendarmerie	In 2001 the Gendarmerie Nationale, France's national police force, started introducing open source software. The main goals were to gain greater independence and flexibility than proprietary software could offer.	public	public services, safety and security	Cost, Security and Reliability, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Legal, Impact, cooperation, .... License of existing case study incompatible.	France	pass	high	high	high (unless license change)	6
The Case of SchoolNet Namibia	SchoolNet Namibia is a local hands-on ICT deployment, training and support organization, established in February 2000 to empower youth through the Internet and provide sustainable low-cost technology solution for Internet to all Namibian schools.	civil	education	Cost, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Impact, cooperation, ...	Africa, Namibia	ready	high	high	medium	9
Free Software at Warrington School	Warrington School is committed to values of transparency, openness, sharing, collaboration, continual learning and improvement.	public	education	Educational policy, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Impact, cooperation, educational impact, .... See Free Software at Warrington School.	New Zealand	ready	medium	medium	medium	8
Free Software at Albany Senior High School	Albany Senior High School is an open source school which values openness, transparency and collaboration in learning.	public	education	Educational policy, Flexibility, Technology Freedom, Impact, cooperation, educational impact, ....	New Zealand	ready	medium	medium	medium	8
Title	Blurb	Sector	Domain	Aspects	Region	Status	Value	Priority	Effort	Score