[Oww-Feedback] OWW image repository? (from Curt Newton / MIT OpenCourseWare)

[Curt Newton]

Hi Reshma,
Good to hear from you too - hope all's going well for you!
Thanks for the intro to Lorrie, I'll look forward to meeting her soon.

The license compatibility issue is one we're keeping in mind, facing that
commericial use aspect with Wiki/GFDL all the time.

Curt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpshetty at gmail.com [mailto:rpshetty at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Reshma
> Shetty
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:05 AM
> To: Julius Lucks
> Cc: Curt Newton / MIT OpenCourseWare; Oww-Feedback
> Subject: Re: [Oww-Feedback] OWW image repository? (from Curt Newton / MIT
> OpenCourseWare)
> 
> Hey Curt,
> 
> Good to hear from you.  I just wanted to touch base with you regarding
> the image repository project.  It sounds pretty cool.
> 
> We haven't thought about this issue per se but have been thinking
> about the issue of images on OWW in terms of how to handle them and
> how to make it easier for people to upload them etc.  It sounds like
> it would be interesting to touch base.
> 
> I actually wanted to introduce you to Lorrie LeJeune (cc'ed here).
> She is the new managing director for OpenWetWare starting up just this
> week.  Perhaps in a couple weeks when the dust has settled a bit, you
> and she could set up a meeting to chat re OCW's ideas around an image
> repository?
> 
> In particular, one issue to flag for sure is copyright licensing to
> ensure that images are compatible across the different sites.
> (Depending on the copyright license, content either can or can't be
> moved between Wikipedia, OCW and OWW.)
> 
> -Reshma
> 
> 2008/2/5 Julius Lucks <julius at younglucks.com>:
> > Hi Curt,
> >
> > This is indeed a very interesting issue.  I will be sure to add it to
> the
> > agenda for the upcoming steering committee meeting this week, and let
> you
> > know what we talked about.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion!
> >
> > Julius
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2008 9:38 AM, OpenWetWare Feedback Form on OpenWetWare
> > <feedback at openwetware.org> wrote:
> > > Hello OpenWetWare -
> > >
> > > I'm curious if there's been any discussion of an image repository
> space
> > within OWW?
> > >
> > > Part of the OpenCourseWare publication model is the production of
> > royalty-free replacement images, when we come across an important 3rd
> party
> > image that can't be permissioned.  MIT OCW has produced about 7500 of
> these
> > to date, but they're generally only made public within their host PDF
> file.
> > Our sense is they may become much more valuable if "unleashed" from the
> OCW
> > host PDFs, made public as downloadable JPEG/TIFF/... files within a
> > keyword/topic web-searchable image repository.  As a gross analogy, if
> OCW
> > is Wikipedia, this repository is our Wikimedia Commons.
> > >
> > > So MIT OCW is planning a pilot test this spring of some image
> repository
> > software and procedures, and surveying other groups that may either
> produce
> > or make use of such royalty-free educational images.  We've had
> interesting
> > discussions in the past couple of years with OWW's founders (e.g. Reshma
> > Shetty) about various open publishing models and community
> building...wonder
> > if you've got any plans or interest in this area?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Curt Newton
> > > Publication Manager, MIT OpenCourseWare
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