Difference between revisions of "What is wrong with customized licenses?"
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{{CcLearn FAQ | {{CcLearn FAQ | ||
|Question=What is wrong with customized licenses? | |Question=What is wrong with customized licenses? | ||
| + | |Answer=First, even if you clarify and define certain terms like “educational”, your definition will not align with how others may be clarifying what is “educational” in their licenses. When definitions do not align, the result is a group of educational resources all licensed under different customized licenses that cannot work together because each licensor has defined differently what is permitted and isn’t permitted. The most anyone can do with your work is access and cite it, which people can generally do anyway under ARR copyright. So then you’ve just spent a whole lot of time and trouble writing up terms that effectively function like ARR copyright. The resources are there, and they are accessible, but little else can be done with them to produce meaningful collaborative work. Furthermore, additional terms are still additional terms, so they just add unnecessary clutter which is always confusing and a turn-off for the user. | ||
|Document=Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons Licensing, Publishing Your Open Educational Resources on the Internet, Increase Funding Impact | |Document=Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons Licensing, Publishing Your Open Educational Resources on the Internet, Increase Funding Impact | ||
|Target audience=OER creators, copyright holders | |Target audience=OER creators, copyright holders | ||
|Tag=OER, custom licenses | |Tag=OER, custom licenses | ||
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Revision as of 20:02, 2 July 2009
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First, even if you clarify and define certain terms like “educational”, your definition will not align with how others may be clarifying what is “educational” in their licenses. When definitions do not align, the result is a group of educational resources all licensed under different customized licenses that cannot work together because each licensor has defined differently what is permitted and isn’t permitted. The most anyone can do with your work is access and cite it, which people can generally do anyway under ARR copyright. So then you’ve just spent a whole lot of time and trouble writing up terms that effectively function like ARR copyright. The resources are there, and they are accessible, but little else can be done with them to produce meaningful collaborative work. Furthermore, additional terms are still additional terms, so they just add unnecessary clutter which is always confusing and a turn-off for the user.
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