Position paper for the boost of Open Educational Resources on the basis of Free Software

"Together with FSFE and other partners, the Bündnis Freie Bildung ('Free Education Alliance') today publishes its position paper about the creation and usage of Open Educational Resources (OER). Therein, the Bündnis demands a consequent publishing of all OER-material under public licences and their availability as Free Software and in Open Standard formats. The Bündnis Freie Bildung is following a vision to have 'all educational resources usable without any legal or technical barriers'. This can only be achieved by using Free Software and Open Standards. Consequently, we find it as a core postulation of the alliance's initial position paper 'Der Weg zur Stärkung freier Bildungsmaterialien' ('The road to boost Open Educational Resources' only available in German). The paper has a specific focus on the creation and usage of OER inside the German educational system ..."