1. Kathleen Omollo, University of Michigan
May 14, 2014
A Primer on Open Licenses and
Intellectual Property
aka
“How to Share and Remix
Legally and Easily”

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Una Daly
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Kathleen Omollo
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University of Michigan

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7. Education is about Sharing
• Faculty share knowledge
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• Students share their understanding
• Faculty share with colleagues
Source: David Wiley, Why be Open, slideshare 2012

8. What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
• Creative Commons: author licenses version for
sharing but retains full copyright.

9. Open Licenses:
Intellectual Property
Kathleen Omollo
International Program Manager
Office of Enabling Technologies, Medical School

10. A Primer in Open Licenses and Intellectual Property:
How to Share and Remix Legally and Easily
Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
Open.Michigan Initiative, University of Michigan
May 14, 2014 – CCCOER
Slides at: http://openmi.ch/cccoer14
Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright 2014 The Regents of the University of Michigan.
Cover image CC:BY-SA Jessica Duensing (Flickr)

11. PATH
Image CC:BY-NC-SA werkunz (Flickr)
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12. Image CC:BY gmahender (Flickr)
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13. Yes or No?: Any presentation slides
that I would use in the classroom I
could also publish as open
educational resources simply by
posting them online.
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14. A. Free to access
B. Publicly Available
C. Terms of use that allows copies
and adaptations
D. A and B
E. A, B, and C
Which of these are qualities of open
content?
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15. A. Publication
B. Copyright symbol ©
C. Registration
D. B and C
E. None of the above
Which of these is necessary to
copyright a work?
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16. A. Tangible form?
B. Effort?
C. Creative Expression?
D. Uniqueness?
E. A and C
Which of these is necessary to
copyright a work?
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17. Image CC:BY Ute Hagen (Flickr)
Copyright is a
bundle of 5
rights
• Reproduce
• Derive
• Distribute
• Display
• Perform
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18. A. Publicly available information
B. Not under copyright (no rights
reserved)
C. A and B
What is the “public domain”?
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19. • Copyright
• Trademark
• Patents
• Trade Secrets
Types of Intellectual Property
Image CC:BY-NC Cayusa (Flickr)
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20. Image CC:BY OpenCage (Wikimedia Commons)
What is your intent with your content? 20

21. Image CC:BY Orin Zebest (Flickr)
All rights reserved limits use,
automatically
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22. Open licenses mean some rights
reserved
Image CC:BY-SA opensourceway (Flickr)
Learn more at open.umich.edu/share/license
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23. Control vs. propagation 23
"Which path is right for you? It depends on your objective.
Educational content is meant to be shared and an All
Rights Reserved license is going to reduce your reach. If
you need to retain full control over your content in the
hopes of getting paid, that’s OK. But don’t pin this to
false hope. You’re not going to get paid unless you’ve built
up sufficient authority. The more you restrict your
content, the more you reduce your chances of building
authority.”
http://edtechtimes.com/2013/12/03/content-strategy-
control-content/

24. All Rights Reserved
(default)
24
“All rights reserved” is the default. 24

25. Option: Creative Commons
(two C’s instead of 1 C)
(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/)
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“Some rights reserved” is an alternative. 25

26. Image CC:BY Paul Albertella (Flickr)
Open licenses enable revisions,
remixes…
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27. such as copies…
Image CC:BY-SA opensourceway (Flickr)
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28. to online, offline, semi-connected, print…28

29. and translations…
Image CC:BY NC SA Tobias Mikkelsen (Flickr)
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30. Image CC:BY Tome Loh (Flickr)
or other transformations. 30

31. e.g. Converting formats from laptop…
Image CC:BY NC University of Ghana
31

32. http://open.umich.edu/blog/2012/01/31/mo
bile-a-prototype-spurred-by-the-hype/
To mobile,
Image CC:BY NC University of Ghana
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33. Pause for Questions
Dkscully (flickr)
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34. What is a license?
Licenses let people know
how they may use a
copyrighted work.
Image CC:BY-SA lumaxart (Flickr)
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35. You let others copy, distribute, display, and
perform your copyrighted work but only if
they give you credit.
BY :: Attribution
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36. You let others copy, distribute, display, and
perform your copyrighted work but for
noncommercial purposes only.
NC :: Noncommercial
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37. You let others copy, distribute, display, and
perform your copyrighted work as long as
any derivative work is licensed under the
same license.
SA :: Share Alike
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38. You let others copy, distribute, and display
your copyrighted work only if no changes,
derivatives, are made.
ND :: No derivatives
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39. Custom license example 39
“This work is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This license
is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc-sa/3.0/.
You can see what the author considers commercial and
non-commercial uses of this material as well as license
exemptions in the Appendix titled Copyright Detail…”
“I have added this section of the document to describe specific
situations where I am giving my permission in advance to use
the material in this book in situations that some might consider
commercial.”
Python for Informatics: Exploring Information, Chuck Severance
CC BY NC SA, http://www.pythonlearn.com/book_008.pdf. Slides
29 - 31 contain excerpts from the copyright detail.

40. Custom license example 40
“ • If you are printing a limited number of copies of all or part of
this book for use in a course (e.g. like a coursepack), then you
are granted CC-BY license to these materials for that purpose.
• If you are a teacher at a university and you translate this book
into a language other than English and teach using the
translated book, then you can contact me and I will granted you
a CC-BY-SA license to these materials with respect to the
publication of your translation. In particular you will be permitted
to sell the resulting translated book commercially.
If you are intending to translate the book, you may want to
contact me so we can make sure that you have all of the
related course materials so you can translate them as well.”

41. Custom license example 41
“Of course, you are welcome to contact me and ask for
permission if these clauses are not sufficient. In all cases,
permission to reuse and remix this material will be granted as
long as there is clear added value or benefit to students or
teachers that will accrue as a result of the new work.”

42. How can you simply integrate
open licenses into your work?
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43. 1. License your own work.
2. Use openly licensed works.
3. Attribute authors of the works
from step 2.
4. Share your work publicly
online.
http://open.umich.edu/share
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44. Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
University of Michigan - Open.Michigan Initiative
Audience: University of Nairobi School of Public Health
Download slides: http://openmi.ch/uon-aug2013
Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License.
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Introduction to
Open Licenses
Open Education for Collaboration,
Flexibility, and Global Visibility

45. Phalaenopsis audreyjm529
orchis galilaea CC:BY-SA judy_breck (flickr)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Angraecum viguieri GNU free documentation orchi
(wikipedia)
Author, Title, Source, License
Attributions within page
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46. Attributions page at end
Title slide: CC: Seo2 | Relativo & Absoluto (flickr)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seo2/2446816477/ |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Slide 1 CC:BY-SA Jot Powers (wikimedia commons)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bounty_hunter_2.JPG |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Slide 2 CC: BY-NC Brent and MariLynn (flickr)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/2960420853/ |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Slide 3 http://www.newvideo.com/productdetail.html?productid=NV-AAE-71919
Slide 4 Public Domain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hummer-H3.JPG
Slide 5 Source: Undetermined from a variety of searches on Monster Truck Documentary
Slide 6 Source: Mega-RC.com http://www.mega-
rc.com/MRCImages/Asscd_Mnstr_GT_ShockOPT.jpg
Slide 7 CC:BY-NC GregRob (flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregrob/2139442260/ |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Slide 8 CC:BY metaphor91 (flickr) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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49. Attribution Key
for more information see: http://open.umich.edu/wiki/AttributionPolicy
Use + Share + Adapt
Make Your Own Assessment
Creative Commons – Attribution License
Creative Commons – Attribution Share Alike License
Creative Commons – Attribution Noncommercial License
Creative Commons – Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike License
GNU – Free Documentation License
Creative Commons – Zero Waiver
Public Domain – Ineligible: Works that are ineligible for copyright protection in the U.S. (17 USC § 102(b)) *laws in
your jurisdiction may differ
Public Domain – Expired: Works that are no longer protected due to an expired copyright term.
Public Domain – Government: Works that are produced by the U.S. Government. (17 USC § 105)
Public Domain – Self Dedicated: Works that a copyright holder has dedicated to the public domain.
Fair Use: Use of works that is determined to be Fair consistent with the U.S. Copyright Act. (17 USC § 107) *laws in your
jurisdiction may differ
Our determination DOES NOT mean that all uses of this 3rd-party content are Fair Uses and we DO NOT guarantee that
your use of the content is Fair.
To use this content you should do your own independent analysis to determine whether or not your use will be Fair.
{ Content the copyright holder, author, or law permits you to use, share and adapt. }
{ Content Open.Michigan believes can be used, shared, and adapted because it is ineligible for copyright. }
{ Content Open.Michigan has used under a Fair Use determination. }
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50. Takeaways
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51. • 1 - All rights reserved is the
default.
• 2 - When you share publicly,
you need permission.
• 3 - Open licenses are an
alternative to share effectively
and to amplify the reach and
visibility of your work.
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52. Email:
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Website:
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Download these slides:
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Presentation by Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2014 The
Regents of the University of Michigan. Except where otherwise noted,
this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Closing
This presentation builds upon slides and
discussions with other Open.Michigan team
members, including: Kathleen Omollo, Emily
Puckett Rodgers, Pieter Kleymeer, Garin Fons,
Greg Grossmeier, Susan Topol, Dave Malicke,
Ted Hanss, and Erik Hofer.
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53. • Find & Adopt open textbook workshops
• Understanding open licenses
• Open textbook development workflow
• Online accessibility
• Faculty and student surveys
• Access to community of
OER practitioners & experts
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54. Stay in the Loop
• Upcoming Conferences
- CA Online Teaching Conference (June 20-21)
- Open Education Conference (Nov 19-20)
• CCCOER Advisory group meets monthly
– http://oerconsortium.org
• Webinars restart in fall

55. Una Daly: unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Kathleen Omollo: kludewig@umich.edu
Thank you for coming!!
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56. Share
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