Hi Gene, Thanks for the note -- with every mistake (and I believe the publishers have made an honest mistake) there is a learning experience.
Together we can make the world a better place -- and the open web and free content licensing can help. There is a place for everyone in the sun -- even publishers who can earn a living through publishing free content. The embarrassing point is that my name is now published under a non-commercial license :-(. However -- let's turn an honest mistake into a success for all involved. I have just received an email from the publisher requesting that we connect for a skype conversation later this evening. I will suggest that they drop the NC restriction and release the work under a CC-BY-SA license. That would be a smart move for them imho --- the "free" advertising resulting from a move like that would push and promote sales. We'll see what happens. Cheers Wayne On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:55 PM, gene aronin <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne, > This was an exceptional commentary of your dilemma, because it > 1)demonstrated what "creative commons" was all about, and 2) demonstrated, > through your honesty and forthrightness the importance of this idea. > Demonstrate by example. Good for you, Wayne. > > Gene > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:28 PM, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dr. Wayne, >> >> I can imagine how humiliating the situation to you. Hope the publishers >> will come out with an erratum. >> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Never a dull moment in the free culture world. Ordinarily -- I would not >>> post public notifications around potential misunderstandings or oversights >>> by a publisher. However, I find myself facing an ethical dilemma. >>> Particularly since today I'm been commenting considerably on my personal >>> ethics and views associated with the non-commercial restriction on our >>> national New Zealand MLE list. >>> >>> I was recently invited to write the forward for a new publication -- a >>> book of tweets on open text books. Great idea, very cool and appropriate for >>> our times. In response to the invite, my very first question was was: >>> >>> "More than happy to provide a "tweet" -- what license will you be >>> publishing the book under?" >>> >>> Response: >>> >>> "We will be doing this under Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike >>> license- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ >>> That is the current plan. Any interest in co-authoring?" >>> >>> My response: >>> >>> "I always check that anything I write is published under a free cultural >>> works approved license :-) I would love to co-author" >>> >>> So I do my bit, read the text, write a short forward and contribute a >>> tweet. I now see that the book has been published under a CC-BY-NC-SA >>> license -- which is very unfortunate, because I think its a great text and >>> it seems that there has been an oversight in attributing my contributions >>> under a license which meets the free cultural works definition which was a >>> condition of my contribution. (See: >>> http://www.happyabout.com/thinkaha/opentextbooktweet01.php). I've asked >>> the publishes to print and distribute an erratum indicating that my personal >>> contributions are licensed under CC-BY-SA on the basis of our original >>> agreement. I'm confident that they will do the right thing. >>> >>> When I submitted my tweet, I wrote: >>> >>> "This is licensed under CC-BY which will enable a derivative under >>> CC-BY-SA." I did this work during official time, and my employers IP policy >>> requires that I release my work under a default CC-BY license." >>> >>> If there were any communications from the publisher in the interim about >>> changing the license -- I missed these ;-(. Moreover, for the record, I >>> would not have agreed to having anything I write published under an NC >>> license. >>> >>> It's ironic that while the book carries a NC restriction -- the >>> international public can purchase the texts, hard copy or ebook for a listed >>> price of $19.95 or $14,95 and see that currently some discount applies. >>> >>> Anway -- this is a public announcement that my forward is licensed under >>> a CC-BY-SA license and my tweet - No 31 is openly licensed under a free >>> cultural works approved license (CC-BY) in this case. The publisher was free >>> to add an NC restriction on the tweet - -but has omitted to attribute the >>> source :-(. For the record, both versions of the texts I submitted are >>> licensed under a CC-BY license. You are free to take these texts, reuse >>> them, adapt them, modify them and if you like sell them :-) >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >>> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org/> >>> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >>> Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20/> >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>> To visit the discussion forum: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm regards >> >> Anil >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] > > > > > -- > With Best Wishes for an Even Better Day > > Gene-loeb > Gene-loeb Aronin, Ph.D. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. 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