Open Licensing:
What You Need To Know
Massachusetts Community Colleges
Go Open Statewide Initiative
Donna G. Maturi, Coordinator of Library Services
Middlesex Community College, Lowell
[email protected]
What is Open Licensing?
“Hand” by Golan Levin is CC-BY 2.0 Modified by Quill West, CC-BY 4.0
You are the Copyright Holder
of all you create!
To promote the Progress of
Science and useful Arts, by
securing for limited Times to
Authors and Inventors the
exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and
Discoveries.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
Caution about Copyright
• Never assume!
• When in doubt, ask
permission.
• Including copyright
materials in your
OER project can be
problematic at best.
Creative Commons Licenses
“Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use
copyright licenses to make a simple and standardized
way to give the public permission to share and use your
creative work–on conditions of your choice.” creativecommons.org
“
“CC Licenses" by David Ernst, Open Textbook Network is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Attribution is key!
"Mt Hurricane" by notmuch is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Use the Open Washington Open Attribution Builder !
Citing CC- Licensed Works
Credit the creator and state the
title of the work
List the CC license
Link back to the source.
CC License Compatibility
Find a video on Creating OER and Combining Licenses here
Open license combinations - what if
they’re not compatible?
 Write to the rights holder and request
permission to use and share their work
under a different license
 Find a different resource with similar
content
 Create your own content
What about
iOER ~ Interactive OER?
Questions?
This image is :
CC0 Public
Domain
Free for
commercial use
No attribution
required.
Source:
Pixabay.com
Thank you!