When is an OER an OER? – iterating toward openness

"The ideas of free and permissions need to combine in the definition of OER, but in a slightly different way. Rather than defining OER in terms of “free access” and “a formal grant of permissions,” I’m beginning to believe that we should instead define OER in terms of a “free, formal grant of permissions.” This simplifies the concept of OER, which many still struggle to understand, anchoring it to one thing and one thing only – permissions."