This page is about the software project, for other meanings, see Sakai

Sakai

Sakai most often refers to one of the following:*Sakai, Osaka, a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan*Sakai , Japanese surnames written with various kanji*Sakai Project, an open-source educational and research software project...

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Sakai is a community of academic institutions, commercial organizations and individuals who work together to develop a common Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE). The Sakai CLE is a free

Free software

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...

, community source

Community source

Community Source is a term that has different meanings based on context and the community where it is used.-Community Source as a Type of Open Source Community:...

, educational software platform distributed under the Educational Community License

Educational Community License

The Educational Community License is a free and open source license based on the Apache license and created with the specific needs of the academic community in mind....

 (a type of open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 license). The Sakai CLE is used for teaching, research and collaboration.