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Scenario

Bongani teaches at a community college, students pay fees but the college also gets money from the government, and Bongani is paid for her teaching (although not very well). Bongani wants to make use of open licenced resources in handouts to students, including some interesting resources she found marked CC BY-NC and a few others marked CC BY-NC-SA. Bongani is concerned because she will have to charge the students for the cost of making copies. Bongani has been told that non-commercial means "not for profit" and she wonders if the students paying for the course, and her being (poorly) paid, make the use a commercial one.

Bongani also wants to use the material on her blog which she licenses under CC BY-SA, which was set up by the college and links to it.

Bongani has created lesson notes, the majority of images and text on her own.  However, she has also supplemented her work with those of others.  Though she has used others’ work in her own, she could not make the proper attribution for various reasons including: she could not determine the identity of all of the original creators, she did not know how to get permission, she did not know or think that she needed permission,  and some uses she deliberately made use under an exception. Bongani's lesson notes have been used to teach at her community college, both in her own class, and in other classes in the same department. But now, Bongani plans to publish the notes more widely, making them available through Siyavula.

Questions on Scenario

Are Bongani's use of the NC material permitted? Would Bongani's use of the material change if the college has Google Adsense running on her blog?

What copyright issues must Bongani resolve to publish her notes on Siyavula?  Can she post the resources licensed under CC BY-NC-SA on her blog that is licensed CC BY-SA?

 Questions for your understanding

1. What is an open licence?

2. Which licences are open?

3. How do you know when a resource is under an open licence?

4. What does 'Attribution' require?

5. What does 'Share Alike' require?

6. What does 'Non Commercial' require?

7. If something is under an open licence, do exceptions apply?

8. Can I put an open licensed resource in a password protected site?

9. Can I limit access to open licensed resources using TPM's?

10. Where can I find open licensed resources?