development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[David Wiley <dw2 AT opencontent.org>]

Stephen Downes wrote:

> Hold a vote. Or explain why democracy runs counter to the
> needs and interests of Creative Commons.

The democracy rhetoric is kind of strong =). Holding a vote about 
whether to move forward or not isn't appropriate because that's not what 
CC has asked / empowered us to do. According to the process CC has 
established for license projects (http://creativecommons.org/discuss), 
here's what supposed to happen:

- Project Lead produces first draft

- Public Discussion

- Project Lead produces second draft

Now you can dislike the process, but this is the process CC has 
established. And as I mentioned last letter, this is the process that 
has governed other projects since last June before our public discussion 
period even began. I believe the Sampling license beta has shown that 
the process can work effectively.

CC has asked me for the second draft; I should and want to provide them 
with one. The discussion list doesn't vote to decide if we should give 
them one or not. We *do* need to vote so that I know what the public 
discussants believe should go in the draft.

We've done this once before, but this time the stakes are a little 
higher. This is to determine what goes into the second draft and 
probably the beta license. Please respond with a yea or nea for each of 
the following cc.edu license elements:

1. require attribution

2. disallow commercial uses

3. allow only uses primarily and purposively intended to facilitate learning

4. require that modified works - if distributed -  be distributed under 
the same license

5. require that modified works - if distributed - be distributed with a 
mechanism for determining what changes have been made to the original

6. allow use by anyone whose use meets the above guidelines regardless 
of affiliation

7. provide an option which allows the licensor to restrict use to 
individuals affiliated with an educational institution only

8. expand 7. above to include individuals affiliated with non-profit 
organizations with primarily educational missions in addition to 
individuals affiliated with educational institutions

You can add comments to your votes, but *please* include a clear nea or 
yea for each of the 8 items. While you may doubt it, I am actually going 
to pay attention to your votes. =) Maybe we'll end up with something 
really simple like 1+3, maybe we'll end up with something like the 
recent drafts you have seen. You've heard and made all the arguments. 
Speak now or forever hold your peace.

The voting booth will close at 10:00 MST on Friday. Please get your 
votes in by then.

Thanks for your continued efforts,

D