Wiki launched by OSS Watch

Wiki's are an evolving open content phenomenon. Anyone can visit a wiki to read pages, edit pages and add new pages. Adding content is easy, which makes sharing knowledge in a community easy. In this they match up nicely with the spirit of free and open source software. 

OSS Watch provides unbiased advice and guidance about free and open source software for UK further and higher education. The launch of this wiki marks an important step towards sustainable community support for open source software. 

Randy Metcalfe, Manager of OSS Watch, said: 'Our hope is that this OSS Watch wiki becomes a place where individuals in universities and colleges across the UK come to learn from each other about free and open source software. The wiki is ideal for sharing experiences and building on those experiences. In the end, however, it will become what its users collectively make of it.' 

OSS Watch staff will be adding content to the wiki consistent with their remit. But wikis evolve. The full character of this wiki will only emerge over time as people use it and add their own content to it. 

All contributions of content to the wiki are explicitly added under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England and Wales Licence to ensure continued and easy reuse of the knowledge that begins to accrue within the wiki. 

OSS Watch invites you to come take a look. Make suggestions or comments (on the appropriate page in the wiki). And especially, start adding content yourself! 

For more information about OSS Watch please click on: OSS Watch or contact info@oss-watch.ac.uk 

For more information about wikis please go to Emma Tonkin's article "Making the Case for a Wiki", Ariadne Issue 42 at Wiki article.  

For more information about Creative Commons UK licences please click on: Creative Commons.