Open university



The Free Software Foundation (FSF; initiated by Students for Free Culture (SFC)) define an open university as one in which:


 * 1) The research produced is open access;
 * 2) The course materials are open educational resources;
 * 3) The university embraces free software and open standards;
 * 4) The university’s patents are readily licensed for free software, essential medicine, and the public good;
 * 5) The university’s network reflects the open nature of the Internet.

The FSF goes further, to list specific criteria for each of these open university principles and university-rankings based on their degree of openness: Open University Report Cards.