workshop barcelona: intro to creative commons 4.0 for education audience

An Introduction to 4.0 for Educators

Dr. Cable Green – NOT a Lawyer!Director of Global Learning

Creative Commons

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1.0 – December 2002

2.5 – June 2005

2.0 – May 2004

3.0 – February 2007

Why 4.0?

Source: wikiHow, licensed under under a Creative Commons license.

Intergovernmental Organizations

Pier 1 by Will FolsomLicensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Key 4.0 featuresfor OCW and education

Improved clarity and licensing of rights; relationship to other agreements made clearer

Photo by marc falardeau, licensed under a Creative Commons License

Attribution is simplified and more flexible making compliance easier, while still respecting authors’ rights

ShareAlike for adaptations only, as before;(re-)use with Wikimedia/pedia content unchanged

NC unchanged; no disruption of existing NC models, but more clarity of its meaning outside of licenses

Other 4.0 Features

Automatic reinstatement upon cure (á la GPL) – still TBD

Flexible warranties at option of licensor

Clear(er) that additional permissionsalways allowed by licenses

What’s next?

Draft 3 published in October

Porting, deed and license chooser discussion pre-launch

Launch!