[Oer-community] NC License and Printing cost

[Zaid Ali Alsagoff]

Dear All,

Thanks everyone (sharing their points) for the awesome discussion regarding
Creative Commons and especially the NC license aspect. However, I am not
sure I can associate popcorn with OER in the cinema, unless the popcorn is
free. Since it is mostly over-priced (including in Malaysia) to say Popcorn
is OER or OER are popcorn doesn't ring a bell in me (Sounds cool only).
Though, David's blog post made totally sense to me (Who cares!), except the
popcorn aspect (though the separation aspect between cinema and popcorn
makes sense). I suppose, it will make sense, when I get free popcorn at the
cinema (I wish) :)

However, my question to the experts on NC is this: Should for example the
University print-out several copies of a CC BY-NC-SA module (used for a
course), and then charge the student for the printing cost just to cover
the cost without making money...is that allowed or are we violating the NC
license aspect. Such instances might occur to save the students from
needing to individually print them out themselves (convenience), and it
might also save cost as it is done in bulks.

Obviously, if we make money selling the printed OER it is wrong, but what
about doing it just to cover the cost (without making profit) is it allowed
based on the NC license?

My current understanding (Still confused on this aspect) is that you can't
do it, but my rationale say it should be allowed to do it to cover cost
(only).

If this question has been discussed already, I apologize for missing that
particular thread. Trying hard just to keep up with all the great
discussions going on this time around.

Thanks and warm regards,

*Zaid Ali Alsagoff*
*E-Learning Manager*
International Medical University
No. 126, Jln Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil,57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Blog: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/zaidlearn




On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Stephen Downes <
Stephen.Downes at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:

>  > Fewer restrictions = more degrees of freedom for downstream users and
> uses.
>
> It's like they never stop saying this, even though it's not true.
>
> -- Stephen
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