open content

A Pat on the Back

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Every now and again it’s nice to get a pat on the back. Glyn Moody has given me just that in a new article on LWN about the history of open content licensing. The story actually credits me with coining the term “open content” and creating the first open license for non-software stuff. Of course, … Read more

Opening access opens profits

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Thanks to Mike Smith who pointed me to this summary of a talk given by Eve Gray at the Creative Commons South Africa launch. Eve is from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, and: discussed how HSRC’s early experiments with open access publishing paid off. As they made their research papers available for … Read more

The one that got away: Open textbooks

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I pulled these paragraphs from my Commission testimony in the interest of time and not blurring my central message (higher education needs to stay in step with society). I submitted this recommendation to the Commission separately, and thought you might enjoy it. I would appreciate comments / thoughts: Affordability. Part of the rising cost of … Read more