Post on 11-Jun-2020
Open Licensing:
What You Need To Know
Donna G. Maturi, Coordinator of Library Services
Middlesex Community College, Lowell
maturid@middlesex.mass.edu
Handout is here: http://bit.ly/1pAGWcC
bit.ly/nercomp_OERsp17.
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Open Educational Resources
Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the
public domain or have been released under an intellectual
property license that permits their free use or repurposing
by others.
Hewlett Foundation
You are the Copyright holder
of all you create!
To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for
limited Times to Authors
and Inventors the exclusive Right
to their respective Writings and
Discoveries.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
Copyright quiz
True or False:
Any presentation slides that I would use in the
classroom I could also publish as open
educational resources simply by posting them
online.
Attribution: Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Which of these are qualities of open content?
A. Free to access
B. Publicly available
C. Terms of use that allow copies & adaptation
D. A and B
E. A, B, and C
Attribution: Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Which of these is necessary to copyright a work?
A. Publication
B. Copyright symbol
C. Registration
D. B and C
E. None of the aboveAttribution: Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Which of these is necessary to copyright a work?
A. Tangible form
B. Effort
C. Creative expression
D. Uniqueness
E. A and CAttribution: Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
What is the “public domain”?
A. Publicly available information
B. Not under copyright (no rights reserved)
C. A and B
Attribution: Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Some Rights ReservedCreative Commons: less restrictions than full copyright
but author retains full rights
Open: shared, usable & reusable
Free: access online, print, redistribute
“Creative Commons: a user guide by Simone Aliprandi is licensed under a CC BY SA 3.0 unported
Open Licenses: Sharing ROCKS!
Hand” by Golan Levin is CC-BY 2.0 Modified by Quill West, CC-BY 4.0
Creative Commons Licenses
“Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses to make a
simple and standardized way to give the public permission to share and use
your creative work–on conditions of your choice.”creativecommons.org
“CC Licenses” by David Ernst, Open Textbook Network is licensed under CC BY4.0
Another way to think about
CC licenses
Marking Products with a CC By License
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Marking_your_work_with_a_CC_license
Attribution is key!
"Mt Hurricane" by notmuch is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Use the Open Washington Open Attribution Builder !
Citing a CC Licensed Work
•Credit the creator and state the title of the
work
•List the CC license
•Link back to the source.Creative Commons Wiki: Best practices for attribution
CC License CompatibilityFind a video on Creating OER and Combining Licenses here
Open license combinations –
what if they’re not compatible?
• Write to the rights holder and request permission
to use and share their work under a different
license
• Find a different resource with similar content
• Create your own content“ Open License Training” by Amy Hofer, Open Oregon is licensed under CC BY 4.0
From Creative Commons
“We recommend against using Creative Commons licenses for software.
Instead, we strongly encourage you to use one of the very good software
licenses which are already available. We recommend considering licenses made
available by the Free Software Foundation or listed as “open source” by
the Open Source Initiative.”
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#CanIapplyaCreativeComonslicensetosoftware.3F
What is “open source” software?
(think “free speech” not “free beer”)
• source = software in source code form
• open = freedom to: View the source code Modify the software in any way Run the software for any purposeDistribute the software and any modifications
• Software development model
• Philosophy— share and collaborate
• Licensing Model Gomulkiewicz, Robert W., “A Lawyer Looks at the Open Source Revolution”
http://slideplayer.com/slide/2444075/ used with permission.
Choices, Choices, Choices
“Which path is right for you? It depends on your objective. Educational
content is meant to be shared and an All Rights Reserved license is going to
reduce your reach. If you need to retain full control over your content in the
hopes of getting paid, that’s OK. But don’t pin this to false hope. You’re not
going to get paid unless you’ve built up sufficient authority. The more you
restrict your content, the more you reduce your chances of building authority.”
http://edtechtimes.com/2013/12/03/content-strategy-control-content/
"James Brown performing live in Hamburg, Germany, February 1973" by Heinrich Klaffs is licensed under CC BY SA 2.0
Please. Please, Please
Use the least restrictive license that you can –
so that the next user of your work has more
options. “ Open License Training” by Amy Hofer, Open Oregon is licensed under CC BY 4.0
What is the future of Open,
the future of the Commons?
•Open Pedagogy
•Open Business Models
Questions?
This image is :
CC0 Public Domain
Free for commercial
use
No attribution
required.
Source: Pixabay.com
Thank you!
bit.ly/nercomp_OERsp17
• "Open Licensing Training" by Amy Hofer, Open Oregon is licensed under CC BY 4.0
• "OER/Library Resources Presentation Part Two" by Lindsay O'Neill, California State University at
Fullerton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
• Open Licensing, Jeremy Smith, UMass Amherst is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license
• Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
• Understanding Open Licensing with “The Remix Game” by Una Daly is licensed under a CC BY 3.0
• Gomulkiewicz, Robert W., “A Lawyer Looks at the Open Source Revolution”
http://slideplayer.com/slide/2444075/ used with permission.