[PD] no licensing, no money?

[Max Neupert]

Hi list,

I'm curious to hear your point of view to this: the university asked me 
to review the list of software they want to order for the department. 
They've got also Max/MSP and Jitter on the list. This is a nice thing 
but my point is: the students already work with PD, why should they use 
and learn software they might not be able to afford after they leave 
the university? I guess you all agree that the money should rather be 
spent in PD development. but since there is no license to aquire the 
university can't ask companys to give bids on this deal. how can open 
source projects handle this? any suggestions?

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Max Neupert
Tutor im Fachgebiet Medienkunst
Hochschule für Kunst und Design
Burg Giebichenstein
Halle, Deutschland

http://kunstundmedien.burg-halle.de