Re: [school-discuss] Open Content: Dialog on creative commons licensing terms

[Steve Foerster <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin wrote:

<< A request was received from an organization called Openlearn 
(http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php) to be listed as an open 
content resource.  I was impressed with what is available on the website 
and the application of the creative commons to the content resources. 
There is also an interesting aspect of this which seeks to creatively 
implement a way for third party content to be included. >>

They contacted us as well at the Free Curricula Center.  We just sent 
back a response asking whether that involves a reciprocal link and await 
their reply.

The organization is actually the UK's Open University, which was a 
distance learning pioneer.  OpenLearn is the name of their open 
courseware project.

I too have been a bit disappointed with their approach to licensing. 
When I spoke with some of the OpenLearn people at a conference recently, 
it seemed to me that they hadn't really thought through all these issues 
yet.  It's particularly unfortunate that they chose BY-NC-SA, which is 
in conflict with many other licenses.  For example, this means it's not 
possible to mix their material with something with a license like BY-SA. 
 But I suppose such is the curse of the SA provision.

-=Steve=-


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Stephen H. Foerster
Free Curricula Center
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