Category Archives: Open Society Foundations

Launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Timothy Vollmer

Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, Open Society Institute launch high profile video competition to highlight potential of free educational materials Mountain View, California and Washington, D.C., — March 5, 2012 Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. [...] Continue reading →

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The Open Society Foundations encourage grantees to use CC licenses

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Jane Park

The Open Society Foundations (OSF) have adopted a new copyright policy that encourages its grantees to release their outputs under CC licenses. The OSF have long been releasing their own work products under a CC BY-NC-ND license, but now they have introduced a new clause to encourage OSF grantees to do the same: “We believe [...] Continue reading →

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