Where is the tender document? Tom
On 1 July 2012 22:52, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > The tender said materials *produced* would need to be freely licensed. > If they are using pre-existing materials for part of the course, then > not freely licensing those doesn't necessarily contradict the terms of > the tender. It is unfortunate, though. > > On 1 July 2012 22:47, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to know what other people understand as the "open access > > ethos of Wikimedia UK". The reason I ask is that I have been informed > that > > Midas - who are delivering the Training for Trainers programme - have > been > > arguing that as they chose to use a process which was not written for > > WMUK, some of their material is not available under a CC license. They > > have suggested that WMUK pay an additional fee which they are happy to > > quote for. > > > > As the initial tender specified "An agreement that the training materials > > produced will be open access under a CC-BY-SA licence" I do not really > > understand how Midas chose to use non CC material in the process for > > delivering their course. At first glance it would seem that this is not > in > > compliance with the temrs of the tender. > > > > I must admit that I find Open access and open content as being quite > > fundamental to Wikipedia, the sister projects and WMUK. This is whaqt I > > understand by "Supporting Free and Open Knowledge". I personally have a > > strong commitment to developing "Open Educational Resources" and was > > particularly looking forward to the Eduwiki conference which has this as > > one of its themes. > > > > In this context, I don't really understand why WMUK is having difficulty > > in making sure that its own training programme sits comfortably into the > > CC framework. I would welcome any comments which would help explain this? > > > > all the best > > > > Fabian > > (User:Leutha) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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