[Edu-sig] FW: [Visualpython-users] High School Network Security

[Rick Holbert]

Even the US Military allows open source software:

http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2005/01/0501Parsons.html

I do not follow your school's logic. How do they (LHRIC) think the students 
will be able to exploit the open source nature of Python?  Do the students 
have access to a C compiler and do they also have sysadmin rights to install 
a recompiled (tainted) version of Python over an official version of Python?

Rick

On Saturday 14 May 2005 07:35, Arthur wrote:
> To ruin everybody's morning:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: visualpython-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:visualpython-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
> FRANCESCO NOSCHESE
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:11 PM
> To: visualpython-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Visualpython-users] High School Network Security
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am a high school physics teacher who is planning post-AP exam student
> projects using VPython.  However, my school refuses to allow Python and
> VPython to be installed on the school's network because it is open
> source.
>
> Here's the reply from the technology coodinator at my school:
>
> "Our technology team discussed your request to install VPython on the
> network/lab at our May 4th meeting and all agreed that it is not good
> practice to install open source software on the school computer systems.
> We have conferred with LHRIC and a random sampling of other districts and
> all agree it is not in the district's best interest to do so, even thought
> there is no doubt your intended goal is worthy."