Licensing & Trademarks

Program Materials

OpenSTEM Pty Ltd understands that schools and families have financial constraints. We sell resources we produce, at a reasonable price. The terms laid out here enable us to continue this work.

openstem-owl-logo-2015-04-11Instruction Manuals, Code and Course Materials will always clearly display their licensing – that is, whether and in what scope you are allowed to print/copy the digital and/or physical documents, and individual pages will have a branded footer or watermark which must be retained. Please refer to the specific terms of the material(s) you work with. General information:

  • Physical resources such as the world map are copyright by the OpenSTEM Pty Ltd and may not be reproduced. Photos and other extracts from resources should be appropriately attributed.
  • Our base resource and teacher/student PDFs may be printed and copied within the scope of your purchase or subscription. For an individual purchase or under a family or single teacher subscription, the materials may only be used within that unit (family, classroom). For department or school-wide subscriptions, the materials are purchased for each class and year level, and are then licensed for use within that scope (specific department or school).
  • Our base resource and teacher/student PDFs also have a year stamp in their footer; you are allowed to continue to use them beyond that year (like an older print edition of a book), but updating to the very latest version ensures that you provide your students with the most current information. We recommend updating annually.

Open Source initiative logoSoftware we use and recommend is all Open Source, this means that again you can copy it within your organisation as well as give it to students and parents for use at home. In fact, we encourage this! Products change, but when someone learns a true skill, it can be applied to any brand or version. After all, you learn how to drive a car, not specifically how to operate, for instance, a Holden Astra 2008!

Open Source hardware logoWhere we make or build physical things, be it ginger-beer or a robot, the full plans are available: you are allowed to run projects all on your own, or just get kits from us, provided you attribute our work noting “OpenSTEM®” with a click-able link where applicable (but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or your use of the work). Naturally, bringing us in adds our expertise to your own, saving time and providing additional insights. Often, it’s good for kids to hear things from “someone in the field”.

Site Content

Creative Commons LicenseThe original content on this site (pages, blog posts) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

You are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and/or adapt the work, provided you attribute the work noting “OpenSTEM®” with a click-able link where applicable (but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or your use of the work).

If you alter, transform, or build upon this site’s original content, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or compatible license.

Please note that Documents, Code and Materials other than actual web site pages and posts are not covered by this section – see the Program Materials section above for details.

Trademarks

understandingourworld-2016-11-04b-300px-whiteThe Large Blog ImageOpenSTEM® term, the OpenSTEM® Owl Logo, the Understanding Our World® phrase and logo and the Diced Maths® and Number Reach™ phrases are trademarks or registered trademarks of OpenSTEM Pty Ltd in Australia and other countries.

Other than as described above, you may only utilise these trademarks with explicit prior written permission from us (we are obliged by law to actively protect our trademarks).

Please contact us if you have any questions or requests, we are happy to work with you!

Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Arjen Lentz (Executive Director).  Phone 07 3554 0052, email a r j e n (at) o p e n s t e m (dot) c o m (dot) a u, or use our online contact form.

OpenSTEM Pty Ltd, Licensing & Trademarks – Revision 2017-06a

  • added the Diced Maths and Number Reach phrases in the trademark section.

OpenSTEM Pty Ltd, Licensing & Trademarks – Revision 2017-05a

  • added information on the Australian Made logo.

OpenSTEM Pty Ltd, Licensing & Trademarks – Revision 2016-11a

  • added the Understanding Our World phrase and logo in the trademark section.
  • added specific copying information to the Program Materials section.

OpenSTEM Pty Ltd, Licensing & Trademarks – Revision 2016-01a