Why are universities fighting Open Education? A tired argument over software patents is holding up common-sense reforms

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Why are universities fighting Open Education? A tired argument over software patents is holding up common-sense reformsWhy are universities fighting Open Education? A tired argument over software patents is holding up common-sense reforms2016

2016/01

Harmon, Elliotsoftware patentsSoftware Freedom Conservancypatentsopen licensingopen accessinnovationeducational policyCreative CommonsElectronic Frontier Foundation2016When you dig a bit deeper, it looks like universities’ opposition to open licensing has nothing to do with students’ access to educational resources. What’s really playing out is a longstanding fight over how universities use patents—more specifically, software patents. Open education just happens to be caught in the crossfire.does not applyhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/why-are-universities-fighting-open-education

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