[Open-education] [OER] Hewlett Foundation expands open licensing policy to all project-based grantees

Fri Sep 19 17:39:59 UTC 2014

Nice job Gates! Nice update and work Cable!! 

> On Sep 19, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Cable Green <cable at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings Open Friends:
> 
> In case you missed this important open policy update update. 
> 
> The Hewlett Foundation has had an open licensing policy for its Open Educational Resources grantees for years now, which means that grantees that accept that money need to license content created under those grants under a CC license (typically CC BY). 
> 
> Now the foundation plans to extend this policy (CC BY 4.0) to its other grant programs too - insofar as those programs fund project work. 
> 
> http://www.hewlett.org/blog/posts/helping-good-ideas-go-further
> 
> Well done, Hewlett!
> 
> Cable
> 
> 
> Cable Green, PhD
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