development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

["Alexander, Bryan" <balexan AT middlebury.edu>]

I suspect different education sectors will tend to approach this variably,
David.  Those who tend to see themselves as primarily consumers of IP, say
K-12 and teaching-focused colleges, generally, might not be interested in
the commercial option.  Those tending to view their work at least as much as
IP production as consumption, say R1s and think tanks, might prefer to have
it.
  I'm hedging these generalizations like mad...

Bryan Alexander
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Wiley [mailto:david.wiley AT usu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:34 AM
To: development of an education license or license option for Creative
Commons
Subject: Re: [cc-education] A Voice in The Void


The comments about noncommercial use were really interesting to me. 
During the last period of activity on the list there seemed to be a 
consensus that we should attempt to rebrand the 
atrtibution-noncommercial-sharealike as the CC Education License.

A few days ago there was a proposal for an Education License and an Open 
Education License. I think multiple options from day one will likely 
confuse an issue we've already agreed needs to be simplified for the 
target audience. We're trying to provide a bundle in the Education 
License so that people won't have to deal with options (at least initially).

I'd like to know from people on the list if they're more in favor of 
including or ditching the noncommercial clause?

What do you say everyone? Would you take a few moments to speak to 
educators you know and ask if "educational use" to them implies this 
noncommercial restriction or if it seems an awkward? Though informal, I 
think taking a user pulse would be an excellent way to move forward.

David

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