[Open-education] [OER] Creative Commons Open Business Models - Call For Participation

Mon Mar 9 15:57:22 UTC 2015

Stephen:

Thanks for raising this concern.

You're right that ideas, processes, and methods for doing something are not
themselves copyrightable, but the expression used to describe them is. In
this case the authors of Business Model Generation created a business model
canvas as an expression of ideas in their book. We see nothing wrong with
respecting the authors application of the Creative Commons license to the
canvas.

As a creative work we appreciate the authors making the canvas available
for reuse and remix through a CC BY-SA license. We've taken the canvas and
generated a derivative version targeted for use in creating open business
models.  We rightly want to respect the application of the Creative Commons
license and give attribution to the original authors. We do not see this as
a concession to closed business models. In fact just the opposite, we see
this as a useful framework for exploring open business models and have
built in use of Creative Commons licenses to ensure the results of our
initiative are open to all.

I've long appreciated your advocacy for and insistence on resources not
being bound by enclosure. I invite you to use the canvas to show us
examples of businesses who successfully and/or unsuccessfully use and
contribute to the commons. Using the canvas will ensure we have a more
nuanced understanding of how to be open and still run a business.

I also think you'll find the open business model canvas a useful tool for
deriving an open business model for your own work at the National Research
Council. You'd do us all a great service if you created the model you plan
to use and highlight the unique ways your model is open.

Paul

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Downes <stephen at downes.ca> wrote:

> Hiya All,
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> I am wondering whether people are not concerned that this initiative will
> legitimize the practice of what we'll call 'closed' business models.
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> It wasn't so long ago there were protests over so-called 'business model
> patents' and in Europe process patents (such as software patents) remain an
> open issue.
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> I realize that Creative Commons typically deals with copyright (which
> cover the expression of an idea) rather than patents (which cover the idea)
> but nonetheless, it was not so long ago that the concensus was around the
> idea that processes and models themsleves should be open by default, that
> is, not encumbered in any way.
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> This initiative appears at first glace to be a concession to the defeat of
> that consensus. I would prefer that the effort be continued to see that
> processes, models and ideas remain unencumbered, rather than to explicitly
> allow that they can be liense.
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> Just my $0.02 - you can have these ideas, however, royalty-free.
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> -- Stephen
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> *From:* oer-forum-bounces+stephen=downes.ca at lists.esn.org.za [mailto:
> oer-forum-bounces+stephen=downes.ca at lists.esn.org.za] *On Behalf Of *Domi
> Enders
> *Sent:* March-06-15 5:30 PM
> *To:* Paul Stacey
> *Cc:* OPENEDSIG at JISCMAIL.AC.UK; Educause Openness Constituent Group; Open
> Educaton @ OKFN; OER Advocacy Coalition; OER-DISCUSS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK; OER
> Forum
> *Subject:* Re: [OER] [Open-education] Creative Commons Open Business
> Models - Call For Participation
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> Fantastic initiative Paul. Open Biz Model Canvas template seems very
> promising. Will play with it and provide input and/or model for Open
> Assembly. Many thanks.
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> ………………………………….
>
> (Domi) Domitilla Enders, CEO
> Open Assembly, Inc.
> @Centre for Social Innovation
> 601 W. 26th St., Suite 325-57
> New York, NY 10001
> 917-488-9944
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> Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute & Retain
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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Paul Stacey <pstacey at creativecommons.org>
> wrote:
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> Creative Commons Open Business Models initiative announcement:
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> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45022
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> Open call for participation in these activities:
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>    1. Join us in designing, developing, and iterating a set of
>    interactive Creative Commons open business model tools that anyone can use
>    to design an open business model.
>    2. Use these open business model tools yourself to generate your own
>    open business model(s).
>    3. Share the results of your participation including the open business
>    models you generate.
>    4. Provide feedback and recommendations for improving the Creative
>    Commons open business model tools and process.
>    5. Partner directly with Creative Commons on developing an open
>    business model for your specific initiative.
>    6. Participate in a Creative Commons workshop on generating open
>    business models.
>    7. Contribute to a Creative Commons open business models report.
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> See our Creative Commons Open Business Models Participation Activities
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16XMIIvy_cz191l6KosgUMFtUK7lTdlzKme3WskwiuSA/edit?usp=sharing> document
> for further details on each of these activities, including specifics for
> participation, and links to the tools.
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> We’re excited about doing this work with all of you and growing the
> commons through open business models.
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> --
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> Paul Stacey
> Associate Director of Global Learning
> Creative Commons
> pstacey at creativecommons.org
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> State of the Commons Report https://stateof.creativecommons.org/report/
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> Get Creative Commons Updates http://bit.ly/commonsnews
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-- 
Paul Stacey
Associate Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
pstacey at creativecommons.org

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