Comments on: Contra NC – Mostly

By: The copyright question: to CC or not to CC? « Explorations in ODL

The copyright question: to CC or not to CC? « Explorations in ODL — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:43:37 +0000

[...] so I’m not sure whether that would still be consider “non-commercial” or not. As both David Wiley and Stephen Downes have pointed out, there is no definition of “non-commercial”; therefore, [...]

By: Creative Commons Licencing | Tracy in progress

Creative Commons Licencing | Tracy in progress — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:34:14 +0000

[...] non-commercial venture with regard to Creative Commons Licencing? (From reading Stephen Downes and David Wiley’s blog dialogues this is obviously an impassioned and complex consideration, but I did not know that [...]

By: Wayne Mackintosh

Wayne Mackintosh — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:24:36 +0000

It’s great to see this depth of analysis, reflection and critique around open content licensing. Personally, I’m not a fan of the NC restriction — I’m uncomfortable with restricting the freedoms of an individual to earn a living. I also appreciate the remix challenges associated with the copyleft provision. For me, philosophically its about the essential freedoms we’re aiming to protect i.e. the “freedoms” of the content or the freedoms of future users. I’m not sure that we’ll necessarily achieve consensus on this one but would like to see us supporting and promoting freedom of choice between the two CC licenses that meet the requirements of the free cultural works definition.

The mechanics and legalities of licensing aside — I’m wondering about the risks associated with using legal mechanisms as the tool foster the intent of open education, After all — the original intent of Copyright under the Statute of Anne was to promote access to the general public for legitimate purposes — i.e. your rights to copy texts (hence “Copyright”). Sadly we are allowing Copyright to cloud our intentions as educators — and that is to share knowledge freely.

By: Against Non-Commercial « Open Education News

Against Non-Commercial « Open Education News — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:21:29 +0000

[...] 3, 2009 · No Comments David Wiley has posted a lengthy response to a post written by Stephen Downes in December. Wiley and Downes have had [...]

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:26:42 +0000

Thanks for the informed discussion here. In looking at copyright and having used a variety of CC licenses I finally opted for Attribution-only (CC-By) on my own website. I think it’s the easiest for others to use and most flexible, at least for now.

By: Glen Moriarty

Glen Moriarty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:07:47 +0000

Thanks for continuing this dialog. I particularly agree with your thought here:

“But as I’ve grown a little older and watched years of my hard-fought, grant-funded projects grind to a personally painful halt as supporting resources have dried up, I’ve also become increasingly convinced that commercial considerations are critical to the long-term availability of open content.”

We definitely need sustainable, commercial components to keep OER available, relevant, and growing.