An Introduction to 4.0 for Educators Dr. Cable Green – NOT a Lawyer! Director of Global Learning Creative Commons @cgreen [email protected]
Jun 29, 2015
An Introduction to 4.0 for Educators
Dr. Cable Green – NOT a Lawyer!Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
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1.0 – December 2002
2.5 – June 2005
2.0 – May 2004
3.0 – February 2007
Why 4.0?
Source: wikiHow, licensed under under a Creative Commons license.
Intergovernmental Organizations
Pier 1 by Will FolsomLicensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Key 4.0 featuresfor OCW and education
Improved clarity and licensing of rights; relationship to other agreements made clearer
Photo by marc falardeau, licensed under a Creative Commons License
Attribution is simplified and more flexible making compliance easier, while still respecting authors’ rights
ShareAlike for adaptations only, as before;(re-)use with Wikimedia/pedia content unchanged
NC unchanged; no disruption of existing NC models, but more clarity of its meaning outside of licenses
Other 4.0 Features
Automatic reinstatement upon cure (á la GPL) – still TBD
Flexible warranties at option of licensor
Clear(er) that additional permissionsalways allowed by licenses
What’s next?
Draft 3 published in October
Porting, deed and license chooser discussion pre-launch
Launch!