Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Michael Herman via OSList
After 30 years of people sharing their questions, stories, practice materials and more, all of which ultimately traces back to the original practice and User's Guide... and... after many guides and papers, Harrison's and many others, have been freely available for reading, downloading, sharing,

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
"Why then was there a need for this 'copyright' with Creative Commons, Open Source that affirms definition and ownership as well as also giving it away..with due credit of course?" Who knows? Who cares? I don't. ho -Original Message- From: Birgitt Williams via OSList To: World wide

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Birgitt Williams via OSList
Thank you Harrison, I have understood that even though a copyright is in place for the book, that since you are the copyright holder you then had the freedom to 'give OST away'. A gift that I among countless many appreciate. Why then was there a need for this 'copyright' with Creative Commons,

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
Birgitt, I guess I am about as confusedĀ  as you are. Open Space (OST) is and has been free ever since. True, the book(s) were copyrighted, but that was just a matter of custom, so far as I was concerned. When Berrett-Koehler took over my books, being a commercial operation they covered their

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Birgitt Williams via OSList
Hi all, I would appreciate some clarification please. 1.I remember taking/sponsoring OST training with Harrison as the trainer, seven times, in those early days of helping OST get better understood to those interested in better understanding it. I see on this list frequently comments about

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
I think God will be happy! Always good to give credit where credit is due. ho From: Daniel Mezick [mailto:d...@newtechusa.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 4:33 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Cc: Harrison Owen Subject: Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

Re: [OSList] Current Success with OST in K-12?

2019-06-12 Thread Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
Dear Jake, I do not have experience with open space being employed in classrooms. I do have a lot of memories of open space events that I facilitated in after school Kindergarten (6 to 11 year old kids), elementary school (in Berlin thats grade 1 through 6), high school (grade 7 to 13),

Re: [OSList] open message to Nick Martin

2019-06-12 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList
Greetings to All, I am very happy that Open Space Technology is now published under a truly open-source license. What this means in practical terms is that anyone can derive from OST and even commercialize that derivation, so long as two very important conditions are met: 1. The derived