README
1
2 GCompris / I Got IT
3 GCompris is a GNU package
4 https://gcompris.net
5
6GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large
7number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities
8are game orientated, but still educational.
9
10Currently GCompris offers more than 100 activities, and more are
11being developed. GCompris is free software, it means that you can
12adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most importantly, share it
13with children everywhere.
14
15This version is a full rewrite of GCompris using the QtQuick technology.
16
17-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 GCompris MOTIVATION
19
20Big Issue:
21 There are many simple activities dedicated to children on any
22 platforms, desktops, web and tablets. When they exist, they are hard
23 to find and request the teacher/parent to manage a lot of
24 independant small tools.
25
26
27Big Goal:
28 Build an educational game suite all accessible from a single user interface.
29 GCompris provides a simple to use user interface that makes it easy to select
30 appropriate activities.
31
32How:
33 GCompris is designed in a way that it is easy to add new activities to it.
34 The activity is free to implement the game scheme it wants.
35 The status bar is a common facility provided to the activities.
36
37 GCompris provides some tools for teachers/educators to easily add activities.
38
39About You:
40 Yes you can help by:
41 Creating new activities.
42 Translate GCompris.
43 Just giving your ideas.
44
45
46-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
47 NOTE TO TRANSLATORS
48
49You will get all the information to translate GCompris or to provide
50voices on our developers wiki:
51https://gcompris.net/wiki/Developer%27s_corner
52
53
README.md
1# [GCompris](https://gcompris.net)
2
3
4
5## Presentation
6[GCompris](https://gcompris.net) is a high quality educational software suite,
7including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10.
8Some of the activities are game orientated, but still educational.
9
10Currently GCompris offers more than 100 activities, and more are being
11developed. GCompris is free software, it means that you can use it as you
12wish, adapt it to your own needs, improve it, and, most importantly, share it
13with everyone.
14
15This version is a full rewrite of GCompris using the QtQuick technology. It is
16developed within the [KDE community](https://www.kde.org) and is part of the
17[GNU Project](https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-software-gcompris.en.html).
18
19## Goal
20
21There are many simple activities dedicated to children on any platforms,
22desktops, web and tablets. When they exist, they are hard to find and request
23the teacher or parent to manage a lot of independant small tools.
24
25GCompris is an educational suite of activities, all accessible from a
26single unified user interface.
27
28## How
29
30GCompris is designed in a way that it is easy to add new activities to it. The
31activity is free to implement the game scheme it wants. The status bar is a
32common facility provided to the activities.
33
34GCompris provides some tools for teachers/educators to easily add activities.
35
36## About You
37
38You can help by:
39
40* [Creating new activities](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Qt_Quick_development_process).
41* [Translating GCompris](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Developer%27s_corner#Translation).
42* [Recording voices](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Voice_translation_Qt).
43* [Just giving your ideas](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Ideas_for_activities).
44
45Get more information on our [developer's wiki](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Developer%27s_corner).
46
47Bug reports should be created in the [KDE bug tracker](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gcompris).
48
49## Licence
50
51GCompris is free software released under the [AGPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html). All the internal code is under [GPL V3+](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html) but we use a library for [analog electricity activity](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/blob/master/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/schematic.js) under AGPL 3.0 causing the whole software to be licenced under it.
52
