development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[David Wiley <david.wiley AT gmail.com>]

On Apr 4, 2005 10:33 AM, Heather Ford <heather AT gn.apc.org> wrote:
> I want to echo what Zachery has said. The main sticking point amongst
> different educators is *not* the non-commercial vs commercial aspect but
> rather whether to allow *derivatives* or not. I've had numerous debates with
> different organisations about this. The portal www.thutong.org.za wants to
> allow its authors to choose whether they want to allow derivatives or not;
> while http://link.wits.ac.za wants to prevent derivatives but to allow
> translations and adaptation for use by sensory disabled persons.
> www.tsf.org.za wants to use the by-NC-SA for all its grantees.

Interesting feedback, Heather! As my team and I have worked to recruit
faculty for USU's OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.usu.edu/), there has been
very little concern about derivative works, and all the conversation
has been around commercial use. I don't know if the context changes
the concerns, but we've worked with about 30 faculty to get them to
sign agreements formally allowing us to make entire courses' worth of
material available under the By-NC-SA, and commercial use has always
been the primary issue here.

D