development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[Zachary Chandler <zechandl AT colby.edu>]

interleaved:

Quoting David Wiley <david.wiley AT usu.edu>:

> - Require educational use as per the education use clause drafted and
> discussed on this list,

ZC: I think this component is a prerequisite if we are going forward with 
this 
project, otherwise we would just be using pre-existing cc licenses.
 
> - Require attribution as per the present option in the standard CC
> infrastructure (because academics expect citations and references),

ZC: My initial reaction is to think that explicitly requiring Attribution may 
seem redundant, given the educational use clause. We could let attribution be 
handled by existing school policy on plagiarism, and by judicial committees. 
However, as many institutions are facing rising instances of plagiarism (from 
generation p2p), I think that an explicit Attribution clause could underscore 
good scholarship and be an effective learning tool for undergraduates.  

> 
> - Disallow commercial use as per the present option in the standard CC
> infrastructure (because this is what educational licenses intuitively
> mean to most people), and

ZC: This would require a textbook publisher to compensate a free media 
producer 
for use of their cc.edu licensed learning objects in a textbook bundle. I 
think 
that's a good protection (and incentive) to keep.

> 
> - Allow modifications of your work as long as others share alike as per
> the present option in the standard CC infrastructure (because this is
> the spirit of teaching and learning -- passing on  what you know to
> others who build upon and improve it).

ZC: Imho, this is the most valuable component for fostering the kind of 
collaborative creativity that cc was designed to engender. I urge you all to 
vote to keep this clause.



In response to detractors of the separate license and the educational use 
clause: I think your point, that it may, in some cases, result in more 
restrictive licensing, is well taken. However, I believe that that risk is 
overshadowed by the countervailing risk that, in the absence of cc.edu, more 
content contributors may opt for non-participation and protect their work 
instead with copyright. Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like to 
discuss this further.


best,
Zach

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Zachary Chandler
Language Technology Consultant
Director, Language Resource Center
Colby College
Waterville, Maine 04901  
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/
zechandl AT colby.edu
207.872.3898