At least it is clearly not intended for use by others. Sec 4.3 is pretty darn specific:
4.3 To obtain a licence for Commercial Use, please contact the Picture Library Manager, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER; email: [email protected]. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Large collection of images from the Scott Polar Research Institute, > published under "Open Education User Licence version 1.0": > > http://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/information/rights > > Lots of interesting photos! > > Unfortunately this isn't open, as it doesn't allow commercial re-use > without permission. Does anyone know about how/when the license was > drafted - and whether there is/was any opportunity to give feedback? > > J. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Press Release > Today, 4th March 2009, sees more than 20,000 photos from 150 years of polar > expeditions available online. These images have been made accessible by the > Scott Polar Research Institute, thanks to a digitisation programme funded by > JISC. > > As part of the preservation programme, negatives, daguerreotypes and lantern > slides, which form part of a rich but fragile archive held by the Scott > Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, are now available > to scientists, researchers, scholars and members of the public. > > As well as being able to view a range of images, including Herbert Ponting’s > glass plate negatives from the 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition, that > are so fragile they will never be on public display, visitors to the > website will also be able to read extracts from diaries, expedition reports, > letters and other personal papers of expedition members. > > Polar Explorer Pen Hadow, who is currently leading the Catlin Arctic Survey > which will determine the likely meltdown date of the ice cap, said: “The > Freeze Frame archive is invaluable in charting changes in the polar regions. > Making the material available to all will help with further research into > scientific studies around global warming and climate change.” > > Heather Lane, Librarian and Keeper of Collections at the Scott Polar > Research Institute, said: “The digitisation of these historic photographs > allows the Scott Polar Research Institute’s resources to reach a wider > learning community than ever before. Without this JISC-funded project we > risked losing some of the most fragile of items forever and certainly > wouldn’t be able to give so many people access to otherwise hidden > collections that can further the study of polar environments.” > > Alistair Dunning, Digitisation Programme Manager at JISC, added: “This is > one of over a dozen JISC-funded projects which aim to take valuable content > that is not easily accessible by scholars or other interested parties and > make it available to all. Freeze Frame will provide an unparalleled record > of the living conditions and scientific findings of the explorers which can > be used by learners today studying everything from photography and nutrition > to global warming and glaciology.” > > A new exhibition, Face to Face, featuring some of the historic photographic > portraits discovered during the Freeze Frame project, is currently on a UK > tour and opens at Discovery Point, Dundee on 7th March. > > For additional information visit www.jisc.ac.uk or the Freeze Frame archive > www.freezeframe.ac.uk > > > > -- > Jonathan Gray > > Community Coordinator > The Open Knowledge Foundation > http://www.okfn.org > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > -- http://support.creativecommons.org help us build http://creativecommons.org/asharedculture _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
