On 1 July 2012 22:47, <
fabian@unpopular.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know what other people understand as the "open access
> ethos of Wikimedia UK". The reason I ask is that I have been informed that
> Midas - who are delivering the Training for Trainers programme - have been
> arguing that as they chose to use a process which was not written for
> WMUK, some of their material is not available under a CC license. They
> have suggested that WMUK pay an additional fee which they are happy to
> quote for.
>
> As the initial tender specified "An agreement that the training materials
> produced will be open access under a CC-BY-SA licence" I do not really
> understand how Midas chose to use non CC material in the process for
> delivering their course. At first glance it would seem that this is not in
> compliance with the temrs of the tender.
>
> I must admit that I find Open access and open content as being quite
> fundamental to Wikipedia, the sister projects and WMUK. This is whaqt I
> understand by "Supporting Free and Open Knowledge". I personally have a
> strong commitment to developing "Open Educational Resources" and was
> particularly looking forward to the Eduwiki conference which has this as
> one of its themes.
>
> In this context, I don't really understand why WMUK is having difficulty
> in making sure that its own training programme sits comfortably into the
> CC framework. I would welcome any comments which would help explain this?
>
> all the best
>
> Fabian
> (User:Leutha)
>
>
>
>
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