Hiya, I am aware of OOPS, I have met Luc Chu, who is based in Taipei, and I have been to visit them in Taiwan.
I think that the translation effort is well worth the time, as the OCW materials are high-quality materials, and the materials, which are made available free of charge, would be of benefit to the millions of people who speak Chinese who are studying those topics. The OOPS project is a community-based project, where the materials are placed into a wiki and are translated by a community of volunteers. To me, this is the essence of free content, and the model to be encouraged, since it is sustainable, and does not require a continual infusion of large amounts of money - public, private, or otherwise - to keep it progressing. -- Stephen Wong Leo wrote: > 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> > MIT, Elsevier Offer Free Content From More Than 2,000 >> >> Journalshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/media/elsevier_announce/elsevier_. >> >> <http://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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
