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…and the punch
…to David Wiley’s windup: The release of a new OpenContent License draft. At first you might be thinking “Why another open license?” but as David explains the point is to reduce license incompatibility by providing a license that can be used with materials under other open licenses.
The preamble is a great explanation of the issues surrounding open licenses, remix and reuse. He’s right that compilation is often confused with what he calls rework, or alteration of the original to create a derivative, and the data on open license distribution is quite interesting.
The open question in my mind raised by the license, which will be answered in part by the license’s reception, is: Are the majority of educators currently sharing content openly really interested in making their materials available for “frictionless” remix with no limitations? The license data would indicate no, but the argument against that data is that those choosing such restrictive licenses don’t understand the problems caused by restrictive licenses and if better educated, would choose less restrictive licenses. It will be interesting to watch the adoption of this license as an indicator.
