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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons <cc-education AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-education] Moving ahead
  • Date: 11 Feb 2004 22:52:55 -0800

1 - yea
2 - yea
all others - nea
Tom


On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:28, David Wiley wrote:
> 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
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