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+		<title>Free Timetabling Software - nice free software</title>
+		<link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_Timetabling_Software___nice_free_software.html</link>
+		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_Timetabling_Software___nice_free_software.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2012 09:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
+		<description>&lt;p&gt;Included in &lt;ahref=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Debian Edu&lt;/a&gt; is a
+large collection of end user and school specific software.  One of the
+packages not installed by default but provided in the Debian archive
+for schools to install if they want to, is a system to automatically
+plan the school time table using information about available teachers,
+classes and rooms, combined with the list of required courses and how
+many hours each topic should receive.  The software is
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/&quot;&gt;named FET&lt;/a&gt;, and it provide a
+graphical user interface to input the required information, save the
+result in a fairly simple XML format, and generate time tables for
+both teachers and students.  It is available both for
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download.html&quot;&gt;Linux, MacOSX and
+Windows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/features.html&quot;&gt;the
+feature list&lt;/a&gt;, liftet from the project web site:&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;FET is free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.
+	You can freely use, copy, modify and redistribute it&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Localized to en_US (US English, default), ar (Arabic), ca (Catalan), da (Danish),
+	de (German), el (Greek), es (Spanish), fa (Persian), fr (French), gl (Galician), he (Hebrew),
+	hu (Hungarian), id (Indonesian), it (Italian), lt (Lithuanian),
+	mk (Macedonian), ms (Malay), nl (Dutch), pl (Polish), pt_BR (Brazilian Portuguese), ro (Romanian),
+	ru (Russian), si (Sinhala), sk (Slovak), sr (Serbian), tr (Turkish), uk (Ukrainian), uz (Uzbek)
+	and vi (Vietnamese) (incompletely for some languages)&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fully automatic generation
+	algorithm, allowing also semi-automatic or manual allocation&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Platform independent
+	implementation, allowing running on GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac and any
+	system that Qt supports&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flexible modular
+	XML format for the input file, allowing editing with an XML editor
+	or by hand (besides FET interface)&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Import/export from CSV format&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The resulted timetables
+	are exported into HTML, XML and CSV formats&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flexible students
+	structure, organized into sets: years, groups and subgroups. FET allows
+	overlapping years and groups and non-overlapping subgroups. You can even
+	define individual students (as separate sets)&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each constraint has a weight percentage, from 0.0% to 100.0%
+	(but some special constraints are allowed to have only 100% weight percentage)&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+	
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Limits for the algorithm (all these limits can be increased on demand,
+	as a custom version, because this would require a bit more memory):&lt;/p&gt;
+	
+	&lt;ul&gt;
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum total number of hours (periods) per day: 60&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum number of working days per week: 35&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum total number of teachers: 6000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum total number of sets of students: 30000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum total number of subjects: 6000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Virtually unlimited number of activity tags&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum number of activities: 30000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum number of rooms: 6000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maximum number of buildings: 6000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Possibility of adding multiple teachers and students sets for each activity.
+		(it is possible also to have no teachers or no students sets for an activity)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Virtually unlimited number of time constraints&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Virtually unlimited number of space constraints&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+	&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A large and flexible
+	palette of time constraints:&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;ul&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Break periods&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For teacher(s):&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Not available periods
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max/min days per week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max gaps per day/week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max hours daily/continuously
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min hours daily
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of days per week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+		
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For students (sets):&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Not available periods
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Begins early (specify max allowed beginnings at second hour)
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max gaps per day/week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max hours daily/continuously
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min hours daily
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max hours daily/continuously with an activity tag
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Respect working in an hourly interval a max number of days per week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+		
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For an activity or a set of activities/subactivities:&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				A single preferred starting time
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				A set of preferred starting times
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				A set of preferred time slots
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min/max days between them
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				End(s) students day
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Same starting time/day/hour
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Occupy max time slots from selection
+				(a complex and flexible constraint, useful in many situations)
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Consecutive, ordered, grouped (for 2 or 3 (sub)activities)
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Not overlapping
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max simultaneous in selected time slots
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min gaps between a set of (sub)activities
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+	&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+
+	&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A large and flexible
+	palette of space constraints:&lt;/p&gt;
+	&lt;ul&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Room not available periods&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For teacher(s):&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Home room(s)
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max building changes per day/week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min gaps between building changes
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+		
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For students (sets):&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Home room(s)
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Max building changes per day/week
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Min gaps between building changes
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+		
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Preferred room(s):&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				For a subject
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				For an activity tag
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				For a subject and an activity tag
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Individually for a (sub)activity
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+
+		&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a set of activities:&lt;/p&gt;
+		&lt;ul&gt;
+			&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;
+				Occupy a maximum number of different rooms
+			&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+		&lt;/ul&gt;
+		&lt;/li&gt;
+
+	&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+	&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;I have not used it myself, as I am not involved in time table
+planning at a school, but it seem to work fine when I test it.  If you
+need to set up your schools time table, and is tired of doing it
+manually, check it out. 
+
+A quick summary on how to use it can be found in
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://marvelsoft.co.in/wp/2012/03/generate-timetable-for-state-cbse-icse-igcse-schools-free/&quot;&gt;a
+blog post from MarvelSoft&lt;/a&gt;.  If you find FET useful, please provide
+a recipe for the Debian Edu project in the
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu#Howtos&quot;&gt;Debian Edu HowTo
+section&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
+	</item>
+	
 	<item>
 		<title>Mer oppfølging fra MPEG-LA om avtale med dem for å kringkaste og publisere H.264-video</title>
 		<link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Mer_oppf_lging_fra_MPEG_LA_om_avtale_med_dem_for___kringkaste_og_publisere_H_264_video.html</link>
@@ -877,58 +1155,6 @@ høringsuttalelser til høringen.&lt;/p&gt;
 fra senator Edgar Villanueva til Microsoft i Peru&lt;/a&gt;.  Det er en
 klassisk tekst som er like gyldig i dag som da det ble skrevet.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-</description>
-	</item>
-	
-	<item>
-		<title>Departementenes servicesenter har ingen avtale om bruk av H.264 med MPEG-LA</title>
-		<link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Departementenes_servicesenter_har_ingen_avtale_om_bruk_av_H_264_med_MPEG_LA.html</link>
-		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Departementenes_servicesenter_har_ingen_avtale_om_bruk_av_H_264_med_MPEG_LA.html</guid>
-                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
-		<description>&lt;p&gt;Da fikk jeg nettopp svar fra
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dss.dep.no/&quot;&gt;Departementenes servicesenter&lt;/a&gt;
-(DSS) på
-&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Trenger_en_avtale_med_MPEG_LA_for___publisere_og_kringkaste_H_264_video_.html&quot;&gt;mitt
-spørsmål om avtale rundt bruk av H.264&lt;/a&gt;.  De har ingen avtale med
-MPEG LA eller dets representanter.  Her er svaret.
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:04:42 +0000
-&lt;br&gt;From: Nielsen Mette Haga &amp;lt;Mette-Haga.Nielsen (at) dss.dep.no&amp;gt;
-&lt;br&gt;To: Petter Reinholdtsen &amp;lt;petter.reinholdtsen (at) ...&amp;gt;
-&lt;br&gt;CC: Postmottak &amp;lt;Postmottak (at) dss.dep.no&amp;gt;
-&lt;br&gt;Subject: SV: Innsynsbegjæring om MPEG/H.264-relaterte avtaler&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;DSS har ikke inngått noen egen lisensavtale med MPEG-LA eller noen som
-representerer MPEG-LA i Norge. Videoløsningen på regjeringen.no er
-levert av Smartcom:tv. Lisensforholdet rundt H.264 er ikke omtalt i
-vår avtale med Smartcom.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Vennlig hilsen&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Mette Haga Nielsen
-&lt;br&gt;Fung. seksjonssjef&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Departementenes servicesenter&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Informasjonsforvaltning
-
-&lt;p&gt;Mobil 93 09 83 51
-&lt;br&gt;E-post mette-haga.nielsen (at) dss.dep.no&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Hvis den norske regjeringen representert ved DSS ikke har slik
-avtale, så kan en kanskje konkludere med at det ikke trengs?  Jeg er
-ikke trygg på at det er god juridisk grunn å stå på, men det er i det
-minste interessant å vite at hverken NRK eller DSS har funnet det
-nødvendig å ha avtale om bruk av H.264.&lt;/p&gt;
-
-&lt;p&gt;Det forklarer ikke hvordan de kan ignorere bruksvilkårene knyttet
-til bruk av opphavsrettsbeskyttet materiale de bruker til
-videoproduksjon, med mindre slike vilkår kan ignoreres av selskaper og
-privatpersoner i Norge.  Har de lov til å bryte vilkårene, eller har
-de brutt dem og så langt sluppet unna med det?  Jeg aner ikke.&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>
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