[cc-education] A Timeline
David Wiley
dw2 at opencontent.org
Fri Jan 30 17:26:13 EST 2004
Everyone,
Creative Commons is interested in getting to a draft of the Education
License, as we all are. But they are interested in getting there by
February 13th. I think this is completely reasonable and doable, and
here's how I propose we get there.
We've had difficulty reaching consensus on what educational use *is.*
Since we all seem to approve of the Creative Commons licenses, let's
take a page out of their book. The By-NC-SA license states three types
of things - what users must do (attribute), what they may do (make
derivative works), and what they must not do (commercial uses). Over the
next week, let's make a list of specific uses we feel should be
mandatory, allowed but optional, and not allowed at all. A post
formatted like:
"To me, educational use means that
Users must:
- either
- use materials to support their study in a formal school, or
- use materials for self-study which is not related to their job, or
- etc.
- attribute the source of the materials
Users may:
- make derivative works
- redistribute the materials
Users must not:
- resell the materials
- use the materials in support of a course offered by a for-profit
institution
- use the materials to directly support the accomplishment of their
paid job"
Don't flame my examples - they're not what I believe, they're just to
show formatting. If we can have this conversation for the next week or
10 days, wrapping up by Feb. 10, that will give the lawyers and I time
to create language expressing your feelings in a draft license.
Here's to an exciting week or so of defining what is and is not
educational use,
David
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