[wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?

Fri Sep 10 14:52:33 UTC 2010

Helen-

My last 2 cents on this. For those of us who have worked at institutions with clearly-defined and strongly-enforced intellectual property policies -- and those who have created works that have been used commercially and modified without attribution -- not having a clear definition of ownership and licensing could actually prevent participating, since the text, images, and code created by a staff member is usually owned by the institution (as "work for hire"). 

This may only be true for a small number of schools, but during this time of significant transformation in higher education regarding open content, this may grow. Moving forward is understandable, but I'd simply suggest that each contributor check in with the copyright authority at your school.

C'est tout pour le moment ;)

-Jay

On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Helen Hou wrote:

> Thank you for setting that up, Jeff. I am not terribly familiar with licenses, either, but I do think that debating their merits is a little ahead of the game. Being clear about governance and keeping it actively in mind while planning is very important, but I think that first creating a solid outline of potential content will help us to determine licensing/ownership needs. That said, I definitely agree that original authors should be able to feel confident regarding their intellectual property rights and that such a site would need to have a spread of ownership in order to survive long-term.
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> I’ll get on contributing to that document now :)
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> Helen Hou-Sandi (MM’08)
> Web Developer, Eastman School of Music
> ESM 35A
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> From: Jeff VanDrimmelen <jeffvand at unc.edu>
> Reply-To: <jeffvand at unc.edu>, <wp-edu at lists.automattic.com>
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:30:31 -0500
> To: "wp-edu at lists.automattic.com" <wp-edu at lists.automattic.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?
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> Hey All, 
> 
> This topic has migrated quite a bit, but I think for the good.  :)   In an effort to move forward instead of circles I have created a google doc and made it so anyone can edit it at the link below:
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> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1bsJv0nUb5Z-CdZB2XD6GcU3XP8kQiw9RDL9fyEhQDGY&hl=en&authkey=CJ-jwKkJ
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> I have just put up a skeleton about some of the topics that have come up.  If you are interested in working on this project please go to the link above and add your information.  I have also added a section for license agreements.  I didn't realize the history.  I agree that what ever we do should stay open and free to everyone.  Isn't that was education is all about? :)  I'm not as familiar with the licenses as many of you are though, so please add your thoughts. 
> 
> Regarding the virtual conference (I'll stop calling a WordCamp), I still would love to see something like that happen.  I am glad to hear there are tracks at WordCamps around the country and will certainly keep my eye out for those that I can attend, but I know my budget is already gone for the year and unless a local one has an education track that is unlikely for me.   
> 
> With that in mind I created a second document (that can also be edited) focused on a virtual academic wordpress conference:
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> https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1WYGAV3eV4f1xDnZ4f8ozGngd2Be-f35_iSRCj-TJeCM&hl=en&authkey=CLaO-IMJ
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> If you are interested in the conference, please go and add your thoughts there.  Even if you can't help organize it I think it would be great to have your thoughts. 
> 
> ~Jeff
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> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Mike Little <wordpress at zed1.com> wrote:
>> On 10 September 2010 11:25, Jane Wells <jane at automattic.com> wrote:
>>>  Actually, we generally say all WordCamp videos are GPL as well, since anyone working with WP code during presentation strays into the gray areas. By saying it's all GPL, we avoid that.
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>> Sure, that makes sense for content containing code, especially when the parts cannot be really separated like video.
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>> In terms of Wiki's, documents etc. GPL tends not to work as well GFDL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOtherThanSoftware and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyNotGPLForManuals
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>> Mike
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