Software
Licensing & Availability
Both InSITeS and the CAAE Multi-Media Lab are eager for researchers and practitioners to make use of PICOLA/Delibera 2.0. Although Delibera 2.0 does not support the collection of clickstream data, as did Delibera 1.0, it is the more robust program and the program with which Professors Shane and Cavalier continue to work. Inspection licenses are available through Carnegie Mellon University. The inventors of Delibera, which was developed as an open-source product, agreed to make Delibera available on a royalty-free basis for civic, research, and educational purposes. The license covers the use, adaptation, and distribution of PICOLA/Delibera 2.0 and its derivatives, provided that any derivative distribution must also follow open source protocols.
PICOLA communicates with a Flash Communication Server installation. A browser with the (free) Flash player is required to run the client. Professor Cavalier hopes eventually to release PICOLA also in a “standalone” desktop application version that would not require Flash plug-ins to be installed. There are no other proprietary technologies involved.
Persons interested in working with and potentially licensing PICOLA/Delibera 2.0 should contact Professor Shane at shane.29@osu.edu.