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United States
by mike UncategorizedCreative Commons is working with The Berkman Center to create United States jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. CCi United States List Project Lead: John Palfrey, Phillip Malone There are currently no email discussion lists for the US project. The creation of United States jurisdiction-specific Creative Commons licenses is a far simpler project…
Bangladesh
by mike UncategorizedRussell John (President) and Hasina Akhtar (Legal Advisor), Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance.
Tanzania
by mike UncategorizedPaul Kihwelo, Dean of Faculty, Open University of Tanzania.
Turkey
by mike UncategorizedEmre Bayamlıoğlu, LL.M Southampton, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University.
the dotmatrix project
by cameron Open CultureThe dotmatrix project is a “collective of musicians, photographers, videographers & sound engineers” who organize, promote, and document monthly shows in Greensboro, North Carolina. DMP subsequently archive these shows online, distributing hi-quality videos, audio, and photos from the shows under a CC BY-NC-SA license. A recent post on the DMP blog provides ample reasoning for…
Talis Angel Fund for Open Education
by Jane Park UncategorizedLast week, Talis Education launched an angel fund for open education, called the Talis Incubator for Open Education. Talis Education is providing funds up to “£15,000 to help individuals or small groups who have big ideas about furthering the cause of Open Education. All Talis asks in return is that the project deliverables are ‘open…
ccSalon SF (8/12/09) Audio Now Online
by allison EventsThanks to everyone who made it out to our ccSalon in San Francisco last Wednesday. We had a great turn-out, excellent presentations and discussion on CC and open source, and refreshments, all of which made for a delightful evening in PariSoMa‘s inviting space. Couldn’t make it to the salon? Fear not! You can now download…
Peer 2 Peer University sign-ups now open
by Jane Park UncategorizedThe sign-up phase of Peer 2 Peer University opened late last week during Open Ed 09 in Vancouver. What is P2PU? It’s “an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources. The P2PU helps you navigate the wealth of open education materials…
OER Copyright Survey
by Jane Park Open EducationIf you haven’t already, break up your Monday with the OER Copyright Survey. It only takes ten minutes, and it’s for a good cause—mainly to “gather information regarding the ways in which copyright law plays a role in, and perhaps acts as a barrier to, the practices of those who create or facilitate the production…
Wiki* milestones and mania
by mike UncategorizedPhoto by Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA ReadWriteWeb* writes that English Wikipedia just passed the 3 million article mark. While this is a great accomplishment that will surely be widely reported, RWW correctly highlights that “Wikipedia” is much more than the English site: The family of sites as a whole has more than 13 million…