Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Help guide the license regime for edX

Dear friends, edX has not yet settled on a licensing standard. Harvard is developing its licensing policy this spring, and looking for community input. They are supporting a weekend-long legal hacking challenge, for creators, educators, developers and lawyers to work through the legal/policy/social challenges implied by such regimes. I highly recommend coming to this challenge; with a suitably free licensing framework, edX could do much more than "provide a new source of massive online courses" and truly revolutionize the sorts of learning materials available to everyone. The cost of participation is $30 (roughly the cost of the meals provided), but fee waivers can be arranged on request. The announcement/invite sent out to legal groups follows. SJ ==== The 2013 Hack IP Challenge will bring together students from across the Boston Area to work on a tough legal/policy challenge over the course of a weekend (February 22-24). The topic: the intellectual property policy for HarvardX, the Harvard division of edX, the online education platform. While HarvardX has already begun offering courses, fundamental policies around what types of intellectual property can be used and assigned, and how third parties can use HarvardX materials remain unanswered. These policies are being developed currently, and the decisions that Harvard makes will impact the future of online education and the entire higher education landscape. Students join teams to produce model policies. They will hear from Professor Larry Lessig on Friday night, work with coaches from around the Boston area and hear from an expert panel on Saturday, and present their results to a panel including Professor Zittrain and Jonathan Hulbert (of the Harvard University Office of General Counsel) on Sunday afternoon. You can learn more and sign up here: http://hackip2013.eventbrite.com. Students can use discount code "ILABHacksIP" (no quotes) for a discount on the weekend (Friday night to Sunday afternoon. All meals are covered in the cost). If cost is an issue, scholarship can be arranged on request.

Dear friends, edX has not yet settled on a licensing standard. Harvard is developing its licensing policy this spring, and looking for community input. They are supporting a weekend-long legal hacking challenge, for creators, educators, developers and lawyers to work through the legal/policy/social challenges implied by such regimes. I highly recommend coming to this challenge; with a suitably free licensing framework, edX could do much more than "provide a new source of massive online courses" and truly revolutionize the sorts of learning materials available to everyone. The cost of participation is $30 (roughly the cost of the meals provided), but fee waivers can be arranged on request. The announcement/invite sent out to legal groups follows. SJ ==== The 2013 Hack IP Challenge will bring together students from across the Boston Area to work on a tough legal/policy challenge over the course of a weekend (February 22-24). The topic: the intellectual property policy for HarvardX, the Harvard division of edX, the online education platform. While HarvardX has already begun offering courses, fundamental policies around what types of intellectual property can be used and assigned, and how third parties can use HarvardX materials remain unanswered. These policies are being developed currently, and the decisions that Harvard makes will impact the future of online education and the entire higher education landscape. Students join teams to produce model policies. They will hear from Professor Larry Lessig on Friday night, work with coaches from around the Boston area and hear from an expert panel on Saturday, and present their results to a panel including Professor Zittrain and Jonathan Hulbert (of the Harvard University Office of General Counsel) on Sunday afternoon. You can learn more and sign up here: http://hackip2013.eventbrite.com. Students can use discount code "ILABHacksIP" (no quotes) for a discount on the weekend (Friday night to Sunday afternoon. All meals are covered in the cost). If cost is an issue, scholarship can be arranged on request.