WikiEducator is announcing a project amongst “OER Foundation, the OpenCourseWare Consortium, Creative Commoners and OER practitioners.” From the project page:
The project focuses on the unique needs and context of the education sector and will provide educationally relevant advice on the implications of licensing choices with regards to promoting reuse, aggregation and sustainable growth…
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The OCW Consortium has tweeted that a webinar on open licenses will be taking place Sept. 9.
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From the Creative Commons blog:
“Today, we’re publishing the Defining Noncommercial study report and raw data, released under a CC Attribution license and CC0 public domain waiver respectively — yes, this report on “noncommercial” may unambiguously be used for commercial purposes. Also see today’s press release.”
Check a summary of the report at the CC Blog and the report here.
