development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

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

Some thoughts from MIT OCW's website. I keep referencing MIT OCW
because I believe they are the biggest educational user of By-NC-SA
and have invested the most time and resource in the interpretation of
the license language. From the FAQ
(http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm):


22. What are the requirements of use for MIT OCW users?
The underlying premise and purpose of MIT OCW is to make course
materials used in MIT courses freely and openly available to others
for non-commercial educational purposes. Through MIT OCW, MIT grants
the right to anyone to use the materials, either "as is," or in a
modified form. There is no restriction on how a user can modify the
materials for the user's purpose. Materials may be edited, translated,
combined with someone else's materials, reformatted, or changed in any
other way. However, there are three requirements that an MIT OCW user
must meet to use the materials:

   1. Non-commercial: Use of MIT OCW materials is open to all except
for profit-making entities who charge a fee for access to educational
materials.
   2. Attribution: Any and all use or reuse of the material, including
use of derivative works (new materials that incorporate or draw on the
original materials), must be attributed to MIT and, if a faculty
member's name is associated with the material, to that person as well.
   3. Share alike (aka "copyleft"): Any publication or distribution of
original or derivative works, including production of electronic or
printed class materials or placement of materials on a Web site, must
offer the works freely and openly to others under the same terms that
MIT OCW first made the works available to the user.

Please refer to the MIT OCW Legal Notices page for our specific
licensing terms and conditions. If you would like to use MIT OCW
course materials, but you are unsure whether your intended use
qualifies as non-commercial use, please contact Jon Paul Potts, the
MIT OCW Communications Manager, for clarification.

23. How does MIT define non-commercial use?
A commercial use would involve the assessment of a direct or indirect
fee for use of the MIT OCW materials, or any derivation or
modification of the MIT OCW material, or any other commercial
exploitation of MIT OCW materials. All uses, reuse, and distribution
of MIT OCW material, including works derived from MIT OCW material,
must be attributed to MIT OCW and to the original authors where
identified on the MIT OCW materials you distribute. If you would like
to use MIT OCW course materials, but you are unsure whether your
intended use qualifies as non-commercial use, please contact Jon Paul
Potts, the MIT OCW Communications Manager, for clarification.