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		OSS Watch Relicensing: the case for Creative Commons Created by Stuart Yeates (University of Oxford) on September 16, 2005 In this recently published article, Rowan Wilson discusses why we (OSS Watch) recently switched to releasing all of our content under a Creative Commons licence. Like many organisations in the educational arena, generating content (reports, guides, manuals, etc) is a key aspect of our work and many of these are for wide distribution. Why hamper their distribution and reuse with a baroque licence (or indeed no licence at all), when there are clear, easily understood licences available to be used? The report CC \| Creative Commons \| Licensing Policies Stuart's blog Login or register to post comments 3717 reads Good stuff! I also see that Submitted by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on September 16, 2005 - 7:51am. Good stuff! I also see that you're all planning a wiki and a new web site. Any insider information to relay? ;)Cheers,Matt Login or register to post comments
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