Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER?

2011-11-24 Thread José Mota
Hi John, This is very useful information. According to the Budapest and Berlin statements, resources provided in open access would be OER, I think. Since the concept has become ambiguous through the different practices, the distinction between "libre" and "gratis" clarifies most of the current

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER?

2011-11-23 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
; Regards, > > John > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS > http://johnsearth.blogspot.com > > --- On *Wed, 11/23/11, José Mota * wrote: > > > From: José Mota > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER? > To: wikieducator@googlegro

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER?

2011-11-23 Thread john stampe
tm#gratis-libre) Regards, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWShttp://johnsearth.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 11/23/11, José Mota wrote: From: José Mota Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER? To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011,

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER?

2011-11-23 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi José Yes you are correct, the default position in the absence of any license statement is all-rights reserved, unless the copyright has expired and the resource is in the public domain. Agreed -- while open access is better than no access, from an intellectual property rights perspective these

[WikiEducator] Re: Are open access repositories OER?

2011-11-23 Thread José Mota
Thank you Ellen, Daniel and Wayne for your feedback :-), I think I am not mistaken in thinking that the default of anything available for free online that doesn't have a license or explicit terms of use is traditional copyright. In my view, that is the case with repositories (I am referring to