[cc-education] Moving ahead
David Wiley
dw2 at opencontent.org
Thu Feb 12 01:28:06 EST 2004
Stephen Downes wrote:
> Hold a vote. Or explain why democracy runs counter to the
> needs and interests of Creative Commons.
The democracy rhetoric is kind of strong =). Holding a vote about
whether to move forward or not isn't appropriate because that's not what
CC has asked / empowered us to do. According to the process CC has
established for license projects (http://creativecommons.org/discuss),
here's what supposed to happen:
- Project Lead produces first draft
- Public Discussion
- Project Lead produces second draft
Now you can dislike the process, but this is the process CC has
established. And as I mentioned last letter, this is the process that
has governed other projects since last June before our public discussion
period even began. I believe the Sampling license beta has shown that
the process can work effectively.
CC has asked me for the second draft; I should and want to provide them
with one. The discussion list doesn't vote to decide if we should give
them one or not. We *do* need to vote so that I know what the public
discussants believe should go in the draft.
We've done this once before, but this time the stakes are a little
higher. This is to determine what goes into the second draft and
probably the beta license. Please respond with a yea or nea for each of
the following cc.edu license elements:
1. require attribution
2. disallow commercial uses
3. allow only uses primarily and purposively intended to facilitate learning
4. require that modified works - if distributed - be distributed under
the same license
5. require that modified works - if distributed - be distributed with a
mechanism for determining what changes have been made to the original
6. allow use by anyone whose use meets the above guidelines regardless
of affiliation
7. provide an option which allows the licensor to restrict use to
individuals affiliated with an educational institution only
8. expand 7. above to include individuals affiliated with non-profit
organizations with primarily educational missions in addition to
individuals affiliated with educational institutions
You can add comments to your votes, but *please* include a clear nea or
yea for each of the 8 items. While you may doubt it, I am actually going
to pay attention to your votes. =) Maybe we'll end up with something
really simple like 1+3, maybe we'll end up with something like the
recent drafts you have seen. You've heard and made all the arguments.
Speak now or forever hold your peace.
The voting booth will close at 10:00 MST on Friday. Please get your
votes in by then.
Thanks for your continued efforts,
D
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