Hey Stephen , MIT OCW is something interesting for me coz they are doing some translation project here in Mainland China called OOPS , but don't know why they are translating the MIT "free content"
what do you think of the translation ? do you think it is a big of waste of time or just something they could invest the time doing something else ? Still not sure I understand the meaning of NC , and why NC is not good for free content ? Thank you Leo 2008/5/30 Stephen Downes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hiya, > > > MIT's OCW materials use the NC restriction and therefore do not > qualify as free content under the free cultural works definition. The > access may be open -- but they are certainly not free materials :-) > > This is written as though it is a simple fait accompli. But there is a > significant body of opinion (at least, to me) that says that materials may > be 'free' and licensed as 'n on-commercial' -- and indeed, that when > materials are used commercially (eg., sold) they are by definition *not* > free. > > -- Stephen > > > Wong Leo wrote: > > Dear Wayne , could you please explain to me more about these NC rules I am > confused > > why MIT use it > > what is the difference ? > > Leo thank you > > 2008/4/9 mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> A quick observation -- >> >> MIT's OCW materials use the NC restriction and therefore do not >> qualify as free content under the free cultural works definition. The >> access may be open -- but they are certainly not free materials :-) >> >> Visit the CC site to see which licenses are approved as free cultural >> works. >> >> Fortunately WE and the Wikimedia foundation projects have been smart >> enough to use free content licenses! >> >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> On Mar 30, 5:51 am, James Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > MIT, Elsevier Offer Free Content From More Than 2,000 Journalshttp:// >> ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/media/elsevier_announce/elsevier_... >> > >> > CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar. 7, 2008 - In a move to encourage open education, >> > MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Elsevier have agreed to make available >> > figures and text selections from any of Elsevier's more than 2,000 >> > journal titles for use on OCW. >> > >> > As a result of this landmark agreement, select Elsevier content can now >> > be included within the open access OCW course materials - to be freely >> > downloaded, used and shared under a Creative Commons license. The >> > Elsevier content includes up to three figures (including tables and >> > illustrations) per individual article (or ten per journal volume) and up >> > to 100 words from a single text extract (or 300 words from a series of >> > extracts). >> >> > > > -- > blog:http://leolaoshi.yo2.cn > HELP项目https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject > > > > > > -- blog:http://leolaoshi.yo2.cn HELP项目https://groups.google.com/group/helpelephantsliveproject --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator, go to: http://www.wikieducator.org To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
