Licenses for Education Material - Revision history

Arnulf: /* Introduction */

2011-06-19T13:31:14Z

Introduction

Arnulf: added most recent mailing list thread

2011-06-19T13:28:28Z

added most recent mailing list thread

Arnulf: removed "only"

2009-07-31T15:08:43Z

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Ticheler: /* Introduction */

2009-07-02T13:50:21Z

Introduction

Arnulf: /* Types of Beneficiaries */ minor wording changes

2008-06-24T12:24:21Z

Types of Beneficiaries: minor wording changes

Arnulf: Appropriately Licensed Material moved to Licenses for Education Material: The term "Appropriately" might not be appropriate for suggesting why Open Source business models also apply to education material, documentations, etc.

2008-06-23T11:58:39Z

Appropriately Licensed Material moved to Licenses for Education Material: The term "Appropriately" might not be appropriate for suggesting why Open Source business models also apply to education material, documentations, etc.

Wiki-Crschmidt at 18:59, 9 June 2008

2008-06-09T18:59:56Z

Neteler: link CC

2008-05-19T13:05:44Z

link CC

Arnulf: added Category:Advocacy

2008-01-24T18:19:40Z

added Category:Advocacy

Arnulf: rearranged sections. Not yet sateified.

2008-01-24T18:09:46Z

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 There are basically three different ways to go about this topic:
 * Ignore it. This is what most people currently do. Depending on the author's surrounding legislation this can mean different things. In the US all material that is not explicitly copyrighted is considered to be copyrighted by the owner, with the typical copyright/IP protections.  In German legislation all work of art is automagically protected by an individual copyright (in the sense of the originator's rights "Urheberrecht") - only the commercial exploitation can be divested.
-* Publish it under a Free and Open License. There are several licenses to choose from, the most common ones are probably the [[Creative Commons|CreativeCommons family]] and the [[GNU FDL]] license (find more details below).
+* Publish it under a Free and Open License. There are several licenses to choose from, the most common ones are probably the [[Creative Commons|CreativeCommons family]], [[GNU FDL]] license and Public Domain (which does not apply for all legislations).
 * Publish it under a proprietary license. You are not a bad person if you do this but you will restrict the potential that lies within you work. If you can, please reconsider your licensing needs, the below arguments might help you find your individual position.
-If you can choose to select a license yourself because you are the creator of the work or have the copyright please consider the following arguments when selecting an appropriate license. If you are not the copyright holder please do not publish any material here or anywhere else on OSGeo servers without written consent by the respective copyright owner!
+If you can choose to select a license yourself because you are the creator of the work or have the copyright. Please consider the following arguments when selecting an appropriate license. If you are not the copyright holder of a restrictively licensed work please do not publish this material here or anywhere else on OSGeo servers without written consent by the respective copyright owner!
 == Types of Audiences ==

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 ''Any material that furthers and promotes the development, dissemination and use of Free and Open Source Geospatial Software is welcome. ''
-An interesting thread on Copyright and publishing traditions in OSGeo's [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-January/002923.html Mailing List] and [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-01-18.log IRC] has brought up several positions one of which is further discussed here. Please feel free to edit this page as it is not a final version but hopefully a good start.
+Several threads on Copyright and publishing traditions in OSGeo's [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-January/002923.html Mailing List], [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/live-demo/2011-June/003556.html and here] and [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-01-18.log IRC] has brought up several positions one of which is further discussed here. Please feel free to edit this page as it is not a final version but hopefully a good start.
 == Introduction ==

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 ''Any material that furthers and promotes the development, dissemination and use of Free and Open Source Geospatial Software is welcome. ''
-An interesting thread on Copyright and publishing traditions in OSGeo's [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-January/002923.html Mailing List] and [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-01-18.log IRC] has brought up several positions one of which is further discussed here. Please feel free to edit this page as it is not a final version but hopefully a good start only.
+An interesting thread on Copyright and publishing traditions in OSGeo's [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2008-January/002923.html Mailing List] and [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-01-18.log IRC] has brought up several positions one of which is further discussed here. Please feel free to edit this page as it is not a final version but hopefully a good start.
 == Introduction ==

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 == Introduction ==
 There are basically three different ways to go about this topic:
-* Ignore it. This is what most people currently do. Depending on the author's surrounding legislation this can mean different things. In the US all material that is not explicitly copyrighted is considered to be copyrighted by the owner, with the typical copyright/IP protections.  In German legislation all work of art is autmagically protected by an individual copyright (in the sense of the originator's rights "Urheberrecht") - only the commercial exploitation can be divested.
+* Ignore it. This is what most people currently do. Depending on the author's surrounding legislation this can mean different things. In the US all material that is not explicitly copyrighted is considered to be copyrighted by the owner, with the typical copyright/IP protections.  In German legislation all work of art is automagically protected by an individual copyright (in the sense of the originator's rights "Urheberrecht") - only the commercial exploitation can be divested.
 * Publish it under a Free and Open License. There are several licenses to choose from, the most common ones are probably the [[Creative Commons|CreativeCommons family]] and the [[GNU FDL]] license (find more details below).
 * Publish it under a proprietary license. You are not a bad person if you do this but you will restrict the potential that lies within you work. If you can, please reconsider your licensing needs, the below arguments might help you find your individual position.

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 == Types of Beneficiaries ==
-There are three distinct groups of people who *profit* from having course material released under an open and free license. These are:
+There are at least four distinct groups of people who *profit* from having course material released under an open and free license. These are:
 * Audiences (~users, as categorized above)
 * Creators (those who create the material)
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 === FOSSGIS Collaboration ===
-The Software Project will obviously also profit from good educational material and happily promote and disseminate it. In many cases it is the only way to give back to the project and follow up on the 2Ct. rule.
+The Software Project will obviously also profit from good educational material and happily promote and disseminate it. For many (non-developers) it is the only way to give back to the project and follow up on the 2Ct. rule.
 == Marketing and Promotion ==

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	The added value of releasing educational content under a free and open license are Marketing and Promotion. All three audiences know who created the course material and will memorize them as the experts on the topic. The [[GNU FDL]] license has a clause where invariant sections can be defined, typically this could be the front page and back cover, there you can find the authors, company logo and web site links or the creators' individual address, contacts. Link to the repository where the document is maintained, mailing list or whatever you want to advertise as important for this publication.		The added value of releasing educational content under a free and open license are Marketing and Promotion. All three audiences know who created the course material and will memorize them as the experts on the topic. The [[GNU FDL]] license has a clause where invariant sections can be defined, typically this could be the front page and back cover, there you can find the authors, company logo and web site links or the creators' individual address, contacts. Link to the repository where the document is maintained, mailing list or whatever you want to advertise as important for this publication.

−	[[Category: Education]]	+	[[Category:Education]]
		+	[[Category:Advocacy]]

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 There are basically three different ways to go about this topic:
 * Ignore it. This is what most people currently do. Depending on the author's surrounding legislation this can mean different things. In the US all material that is not explicitly copyrighted ends up in the Public Domain. In German legislation all work of art is autmagically protected by an individual copyright (in the sense of the originator's rights "Urheberrecht") - only the commercial exploitation can be divested.
-* Publish it under a Free and Open License. There are several licenses to choose from, the most common ones are probably the CreativeCommons family and the GNU FDL license (find more details below).
+* Publish it under a Free and Open License. There are several licenses to choose from, the most common ones are probably the CreativeCommons family and the [[GNU FDL]] license (find more details below).
 * Publish it under a proprietary license. You are not a bad person if you do this but you will restrict the potential that lies within you work. If you can, please reconsider your licensing needs, the below arguments might help you find your individual position.
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 * FOSSGIS projects and communities that are in the focus of the training material
-== Interactions ==
+Audiences, beneficiaries, creators and the software projects are interconnected and depend on each other.
-=== Marketing and Promotion ===
+=== Creators ===
-All three audiences know who created the course material and will memorize them as the experts on the topic. The GNU FDL license has a clause where invariant sections can be defined, typically this could be the front page and back cover, there you can find the authors, company logo and web site links or the creators' individual address, contacts. Link to the repository where the document is maintained, mailing list or whatever you want to advertise as important for this publication.
+Creators have produced the educational material for some purpose. Frequently their source of income is to use it in training courses. In this case the Creator is also the Trainer. Creators produce material for target groups but Audiences can be broader than that (see above). Educational material that has been produced for focused, solution oriented, professional, commercial training courses can also be used in university seminars. Vice versa material produced in universities can be the foundation to build commercially oriented courses. The only precondition to either is that the license allows this.
-Therefore all (potentially competing) Trainers who offer courses with material produced by the Creators will always advertise the Creators as the real real experts.
+=== Trainers ===
-=== Collaboration ===
+=== FOSSGIS Collaboration ===
 The Software Project will obviously also profit from good educational material and happily promote and disseminate it. In many cases it is the only way to give back to the project and follow up on the 2Ct. rule.
 [[Category: Education]]