development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[David Wiley <dw2 AT opencontent.org>]

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