{"id":33,"date":"2014-12-04T23:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/about-the-open-publication-license\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T21:33:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:33:18","slug":"about-the-open-publication-license","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/about-the-open-publication-license\/","title":{"raw":"David Wiley, &#8220;About the Open Publication License&#8221;","rendered":"David Wiley, &#8220;About the Open Publication License&#8221;"},"content":{"raw":"Read the article at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opencontent.org\/blog\/archives\/329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/opencontent.org\/blog\/archives\/329<\/a>\n\n<strong>Background<\/strong>\n\nIn \u201cAbout the Open Publication License,\u201d David Wiley outlines the history of open content licensing beginning with the Open Content License (OCL), and followed by the Open Publication License (OPL). He explains the shortcomings of both the Open Content License and the Open Publication License and why they were eventually replaced by the more robust Creative Commons Licenses.\n\n<strong>Key points<\/strong>\n<ul>\n\t<li>The Open Content License was published\u00a0on July 14, 1998.<\/li>\n\t<li>The improved Open Publication License was published\u00a0on June 8, 1999, and resulted from\u00a0collaboration between David Wiley, Eric Raymond, and others.<\/li>\n\t<li>The Creative Commons licenses were published\u00a0in Dec 2002, and are\u00a0now the licenses used for most open content licensing\u00a0today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>\n<ol>\n\t<li>What was the main reasoning for abandoning both the OCL and the OPL in favor of the CC?<\/li>\n\t<li>What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Creative Commons licenses?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<strong>Additional Resources<\/strong>","rendered":"<p>Read the article at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opencontent.org\/blog\/archives\/329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/opencontent.org\/blog\/archives\/329<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cAbout the Open Publication License,\u201d David Wiley outlines the history of open content licensing beginning with the Open Content License (OCL), and followed by the Open Publication License (OPL). 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