development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

["Sanford Forte" <siforte AT ix.netcom.com>]

> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Okay, here's my idea.
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> Users must:
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>   - Attribute their sources.
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> Users may:
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>   - Modify the materials to fit course requirements.
>   - Modify the materials to correct mistakes.
>   - Modify the materials to add content.
>   - Republish the materials, provided that the new materials are either
changed or not-for-profit.
>   - Use the materials as course material.
>
>  Users may not:
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>   - Sell verbatium copies of the materials. Verbatium means plagurized,
where language is not changed or is changed slightly, and no new content has
been added.
>   - Use the materials out of a classroom.
>
> Seems good, eh? Comments, constructive criticizm?
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Objections to the "users may not" suggestions (above):

1) Selling verbatim copies of the materials may be necessary if someone
wants to distribute them en masse - e.g. to a large public school system, or
create a package to distribute to private schools. This would mimic what we
see in the Red Hat model, as applied to distribution of Linux.

2) Classrooms can be (and are often) 'distributed'; this will become more
and more the case, over time. Distance education, and informal adult
educational programs of all kinds permit independent study outside of the
'traditional classroom'. Also, those who want to learn on his/her own,
independent of formal educational programs, should be permitted to freely
use open source educational materials - in, or out of a classroom.

Sanford