Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 16:08:05 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] Ford Foundation Expands Creative Commons Licensing for All Grant-Funded Projects (New York) – The Ford Foundation announced today that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote greater transparency and accessibility of materials. Effective February 1, grantees and consultants will be required to make foundation-funded materials subject to a Creative Commons license allowing others, free of charge and without requesting permission, the ability to copy, redistribute, and adapt existing materials, provided they give appropriate credit to the original author. [SNIP] http://www.fordfoundation.org/newsroom/news-from-ford/934