The document discusses choosing the appropriate license for open educational resources. It recommends the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (BY-SA) license when no commercial revenue is expected, as this allows copying and modifications as long as derivatives are also shared under the same license. For content expected to be published commercially, it suggests the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike NonCommercial (BY-SA-NC) license to allow non-commercial sharing and modifications. It also provides considerations for including reversion clauses if commercial potential decreases over time.

2. The underpinning nature of the license Just like Free and Open Source Software , Free and Open Resources for Education consists of a philosophy , a methodology for creating them, and of course the resources themselves. Underpinning it all is the license that determines and is determined by the other three components. License philosophy resources methodology