The Oak National Academy will throw open the copyright for most of its lessons – allowing them to be adapted and developed for free, including by private companies.
The government quango said the move would allow schools to share and modify its 14,000-odd resources to suit their needs, and share them freely outside their organisation too.
It also means private companies will be able to do similar, such as publishers using resources to create textbooks. This is despite Oak committing to ensure nobody makes profit from its lessons.
Oak said putting its resources on an open government licence (OGL) would not interfere with its no-profit commitment. The online platform’s founding body, the Reach Foundation, has also given its blessing to the plans.
