Open Policy for Educational Resources

Educational resources subject to the Open Policy should contain the following elements:

Educational resources will be published and shared under open terms. All educational resources applying to OpenEPI compliance shall be published under the CC BY 4.0 license, or an equivalent license. This will permit all users to copy, redistribute, transform, and build on the material in any medium or format for any purpose (including commercially) without further permission or fees being required.

• Producers of educational material shall retain sufficient copyright in their work to ensure they have the necessary rights to share these works under the CC BY 4.0 license, or equivalent license.
• Educational resources will be accessible and open immediately. All educational aspiring to be OpenEPI relevant shall be available immediately at publication, without any embargo period.
• Educational resources will be made available in an open repository. Educational resources relevant for OpenEPI shall be deposited in an open educational resources repository, with proper metadata tagging.
• Compliance is a requirement for all educational resources created or funded by OpenEPI. Compliance will be continuously reviewed and authors will be contacted when they are non-compliant. Non-compliant educational materials will not be encompassed by the OpenEPI dataportal or by other OpenEPI channels.