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<p>Hi educators from USA.</p>
<p>See below. It seems like the Education Framework finally
whitelisted Blender for schools. I've had many requests from
teachers who wanted us to fill long complex vendor forms about
student privacy law.<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-Ton-<br>
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Ton Roosendaal - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ton@blender.org">ton@blender.org</a> - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.blender.org">www.blender.org</a><br>
Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio<br>
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br>
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<td>RE: Required Contract (privacy agreement) for 'Blender
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<td>Jim Onstad <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jim@educationframework.com"><jim@educationframework.com></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Ton,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your response.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have marked blender as a 5-star app
indicating that no student data is collected.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joe: Blender is not subject to Ed Law 2d
since no student/teacher data is collected or used by the
software. So there is no need to secure a signed agreement.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards, </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jim Onstad</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President & Co-Founder</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ton Roosendaal <<a
href="mailto:ton@blender.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ton@blender.org</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 22, 2022 6:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a
href="mailto:edrequest@educationframework.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">edrequest@educationframework.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:institute@blender.org"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">institute@blender.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Required Contract (privacy agreement)
for 'Blender Software' for Washingtonville Central School
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Blender is Free open source Software, it works without
registration, you can download it and share it with everyone.
It does not need internet to work. You are not paying us, we
are not a vendor.</p>
<p>I have told this to <a href="http://educationframework.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">educationframework.com</a> many
times. <br>
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<p>Regards,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">-Ton-<br>
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Ton Roosendaal - <a href="mailto:ton@blender.org"
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- <a href="http://www.blender.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.blender.org</a><br>
Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio<br>
Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 22/07/2022 14:00, <a
href="mailto:edrequest@educationframework.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">edrequest@educationframework.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>If you have already responded to the
school district, please disregard.</i><br>
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To Whom It May Concern, <br>
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Washingtonville Central School District in New York would
like to use 'Blender Software' in their classrooms and they
require that a Privacy Agreement is signed prior to
use/purchase. The attached agreement for 'Blender Software'
complies with state and federal student data privacy law.
Once signed, you can upload the agreement at <a
href="https://educationframework.com/Vendor/submitcontract.aspx?rcid=1006972"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://educationframework.com/Vendor/submitcontract.aspx?rcid=1006972</a><br>
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To renew this link, please email us at <a
href="mailto:support@educationframework.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">support@educationframework.com</a><br>
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Once a copy of the agreement has been uploaded, the user
requesting this agreement will be notified. If you have any
questions, please contact Joseph Catania at Washingtonville
Central School District at <a
href="mailto:jcatania@wcsdk12.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jcatania@wcsdk12.org</a>.<br>
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Additional instructions from the district administrator:<br>
'We would love to use this platform with our students.
Please help us out by fully completing this agreement.'<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
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The Education Framework Team<br>
<a href="http://www.EducationFramework.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.EducationFramework.com</a><br>
On behalf of Joseph Catania at Washingtonville Central
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