Determine whether the following resources can be re-mixed and legally released as a derivative work, then answer the questions below.
Try your luck with this hand
- Can these resources be combined and legally released as a derivative work?
- Yes
- Correct. Resources in the public domain and CC-BY licensed materials can be mixed with the GNU FDL.
- No
- Incorrect. These licences are compatible -- public domain and CC-BY materials can be mixed with the GNU FDL.
- Which of the following licences could be used for the derivative work?
- All rights reserved Copyright
- Incorrect. The GNU FDL (a copy-left licence) requires that derivative works are released under the same share-alike licence.
- CC BY
- Incorrect. This would be incompatible with the share-alike provisions of the GNU FDL.
- Released under a public domain declaration
- Incorrect.The CC-BY has an attribution requirement. However, attribution is not a legal requirement of resources in the public domain, and the GNU FDL requires modifications to be released under the identical share-alike licence.
- GNU FDL
- Correct The derivative work can be released under the GNU FDL, as this would be in accordance with the share-alike provisions of the FDL.
- CC BY-SA
- Incorrect. While the BY-SA licence has similar intentions and is 'philosophically' aligned with the GNU FDL, the FDL requires that derivative works are released under the same licence. This means that equivalent share-alike licences cannot be used.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Incorrect. Adding more restrictions would not fit with the GNU FDL.
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Incorrect. Adding the non-commercial restriction is not permitted by the GNU FDL. In addition, perhaps more importantly, the GNU FDL requires modifications to be released under an identical licence.
This is a re-mix inspired by the online version of David Wiley's OER re-mix game.
