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

Fri Sep 19 19:29:57 UTC 2014

Great news! Let's hope other funders follow suit!

On 19/09/2014 17:32, Cable Green 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
> Director of Global Learning
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