This document discusses open intellectual property rights and licensing for open educational resources (OER) repositories in Latin America. It reports on two studies in Brazil that found licensing for OER is often unclear or confusing, with many users unsure of what they can and cannot do with resources. The document advocates creating better technical guidance and alignment across initiative levels to support a middle ground approach and clarify licensing for OER.

1. Free or open?
Investigating intellectual property rights and
openness for OER repositories
in Latin America
Tel Amiel @edaberta
Tiago Soares @elgroucho

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4. Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela.

5. 70 contacts
23 replies
9 countries

6. Who cares
about licenses?

7. 96% USED
→ 88% ALTER
21% PUBLISH
58% look at LICENSE
*use or publish
CETIC.br (TIC & Educação, 2013)

8. Study #1 – Brazil
Result = Confusing

9. What use is there
for an unclear license?

10. Main page
Resource page
Resource

11. Exclusive Aggregated
Contributed Linked
Mixed

12. Initiative sector

13. Initiative level

14. Entry page: License category

15. Main page
Resource page
Resource

16. dados.educacaoaberta.org

17. *With or without metadata
Licensing alignment between levels

18. Metadata availability

19. System used

20. Support the middle ground

21. Create better (technical)
guidance

22. www.educacaoaberta.org
tamiel@unicamp.br
Tel Amiel @edaberta
Tiago Soares @elgroucho