http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p244.html
information on this list. I'm concerned that it will be far too easy
publication, gis, open source, collaborative projects, etc. Not that
On 2/5/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <
> Hugh McGuire wrote:
>
> >Hi-
> >I don't know where this falls into this discussion & if it's relevant.
> >but my main interest of late has been audio & what's going to happen on
> >the net. one of my big hopes is that uni profs start putting their
> >lectures online. there's the question of IP though, who owns those
> >lectures: the university? the prof? the tax-payers who finance universities?
> >
> >
> the student who paid the tuition?
>
> >I vote #3, but there will be a big battle over this in coming years. So
> >one thing I'd like to see is a movement among uni profs to give their
> >content away for free via mp3 to anyone who wants it; prob with some
> >varriation of a Creative Commons license. and a movement of students to
> >help them do it.
> >
> >
> i like it! Did i not see that somewhere? ITV is interesting, profs get a
> little grupy though cuz it puts them out of work. Got the tape, who
> needs the prof. Then again it could free the prof up to do other things
> like research! But we ain't there yet! What of a lecture podcast (i did
> a fast dig -
http://www.brocku.ca/ctl/podcast/archives/7,
>
http://www.ubc.ca/podcasts/index.php,
>
http://www.ottergroup.com/blog/Podcasting/_archives/2005/10/20/1312863.html...sure> there is more?
>
> >Right now they give their content away to scholarly journals, who charge
> >outrageous subscription fess, and keep content closed off: so no one
> >gets to read the content. all that -- written & audio-should be
> >available to me for free, as a canadian who finances universities with
> >my taxes.
> >
> >
> Yup! the problem for the prof, is the entry ticket, the current currency
> for teaching, tenure and research money is the single authored peer
> reviewed journal article, the more you get the better in the current
> system, if you speak to a large audience like a conference the less
> valued is the knowledge in the system yet the more broadly the ideas are
> disseminated!go figure - the more who know the less it is worth? so a
> major cultural shift in the academic merit system is required. Peer
> review audio would be fun and it would be great to have the reviewers
> send audio of their reviews!
>
> >So I throw this idea out, just for some thoughts & comments...
> >
> >Hugh.
> >
> >
> I like it.
>
> >
> >Russell McOrmond wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Daniel Haran wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>It's kind of absurd to me that our electoral data is half-free. The
> >>>idea that if I put all of this data on my website it's OK, but if I
> >>>send you an entire copy of the data, and charge you for it, I'm
> >>>somehow in need of a license. As if a customer of mine coudln't
> >>>simply download their own data set. Oh well, for now we can play with
> >>>free maps :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >> This is what is expected, and is one huge leap forward. It is
> >>effectively an Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Canada license, which would
> >>be great for Elections Canada to document formally with a license rather
> >>than via a "verbal"-like agreement.
> >>
> >>
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ca/> >>
> >> Releasing the information into the public domain, where commercial
> >>uses can be made of it without interacting with Elections Canada, would
> >>surprise me. It is an ideal goal (It is what the US does), but it is a
> >>big change from the draconian license used for the PCFRF (Postal Code to
> >>Federal Riding) data file.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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