Hewlett Foundation extends CC BY policy to all grantees - Creative Commons

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-09-23

Summary:

"Last week the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that it is extending its open licensing policy to require that all content (such as reports, videos, white papers) resulting from project grant funds be licensed under the most recent Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. From the Foundation’s blog post: 'We’re making this change because we believe that this kind of broad, open, and free sharing of ideas benefits not just the Hewlett Foundation, but also our grantees, and most important, the people their work is intended to help.' The change is explained in more detail on the foundation’s website ..."

Link:

https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43768

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the william and flora hewlett foundation philanthropy open policy hewlett foundation grants grantmaking oa.new oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.cc oa.funders oa.hewlett_foundation oa.libre oa.policies oa.announcements

Authors:

Timothy Vollmer

Date tagged:

09/23/2014, 22:40

Date published:

09/23/2014, 02:48