Is GBBopen an open-source release of the GBB product?
No, GBBopen is not “open GBB.” GBBopen is a completely new design and open-source implementation that builds on the experience gained with the UMass Generic Blackboard system and with the GBB product (see list of differences). In most cases, however, only minor effort will be required to migrate a GBB application to GBBopen. How much of the GBB product code is in GBBopen? None (see the previous question). Is there a GBBopen newsgroup or discussion list? There are four GBBopen mailing lists: gbbopen-announce, gbbopen-list, gbbopen-developers, and gbbopen-commits: • The gbbopen-announce mailing list is for receiving official GBBopen announcements. Only major project and other milestone announcements will be made on this list. • The gbbopen-list mailing list is the place for questions, suggestions, and general discussions of GBBopen and GBBopen applications. Bugs should be reported to bugs@GBBopen.org—not to the mailing lists. • The gbbopen-developer list is for anyone interested in contr
