Re: [jox] Licence for articles
- From: Alex Halavais <alex halavais.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:01:18 -0400
I would make the argument for CC-BY-SA. A lot of Open Ed folks are
moving away from the "non-commercial" requirement because it can trip
up projects that are in some way touched by money. (E.g., you are
running a very inexpensive course, or selling T-shirts, or running
ads, or publishing an app--are you allowed to host the article?) If
the aim is the widest possible distribution, it seems like as open a
license as possible is a good idea.
The attribution requirement seems to be part of the culture of
academia, with some very good reasons, and I think it makes sense to
include it. The "share alike" is a more nuanced requirement, but
mitigates some of the issues commercialization might introduce...
- Alex
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Gabriella Coleman <biella nyu.edu> wrote:
The whole lot of the CC licenses are at the bottom:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
I am not so worried that others will make a buck from our pieces, at
all, frankly :-) but you never know. There are some interesting choices
to be made about derivatives and such. In this case I am a fan of the
least restrictive ones.
All best,
Biella
On 06/02/2011 06:02 AM, Mathieu ONeil wrote:
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Hi everyone
I am finalising the layout of the pdf versions of the articles and was wondering if there were any thoughts as to what the best [anti]copyright licence would be? Do we need one at all? I would say yes to stop anyone commercialising the papers (unlikely, but you never know). So what is the most useful - CC? I don't know much about this so any advice most welcome.
cheers,
Mathieu
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