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openpolicynetwork.org
A simple, standardized
way to grant copyright
permissions to your
creative work.
Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution
ShareAlike
NonCommercial
NoDerivatives
Step 2: Receive a License
Over 500 million items
j. Encourage the open
licensing of
educational materials
produced with public
funds.
USD $60 trillion
x 5% =
$3 trillion
BY SA: By Harvey Barrison http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbarrison/6920142558/
Copy, Storage &Distribute are “Free”
This changes everything
CC BY: David Wiley, BYU
When the Marginal Cost of Sharing is
$0…
- educators have an ethical obligation to share
- governments need to get maximum ROI by requiring
publicly funded resources be openly licensed resources
- governments and educators need openly licensed
content so we can revise & remix
CC-BY licensed textbooks
for 90 university courses
$500 million - Wave 2
($2 billion over four years)
English Composition I
• 60,000+ enrollments / year
• x USD$175 textbook
• = $10.5+ Million every year
openpolicynetwork.org
oerpolicies.org
Publicly funded
resources should be
openly licensed
resources.
Open Policy Network:
Support ALL Open Policy
opportunities.
Open Policy Network supports the
creation, adoption and implementation of
open policies around the world by:
mapping the open policy space across
open sectors;
identifying open policy gaps and
opportunities within and across sectors;
communicating the social and economic
value of open policy;
networking together those trying to
develop open policies with organizations,
communities and individuals who have
open policy expertise; and
curating case studies and open policy
exemplars for others to use or adapt.
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