Why are universities fighting Open Education? A tired argument over software patents is holding up common-sense reforms
| Published | January 2016 |
| Periodical | Volume 2016 |
| Publisher | Electronic Frontier Foundation |
ABSTRACT
When you dig a bit deeper, it looks like universities’ opposition to open licensing has nothing to do with students’ access to educational resources. What’s really playing out is a longstanding fight over how universities use patents—more specifically, software patents. Open education just happens to be caught in the crossfire.| Keywords | Creative Commons · educational policy · innovation · open access · open licensing · patents · Software Freedom Conservancy · software patents |
| Other number | January 26th, 2016 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/3.0/us |
| URL | https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/why-are-universities-fighting-open-education |
| Access date | January 26th, 2016 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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