The UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) is publicly toying with the idea of funding a "public service publisher" (PSP) to complement the BBC's role as a public service broadcaster. The idea of a PSP is to publicly fund an entity that publishes books, games, interactive material and other "published" items that are commissioned from British creators and that reflect and deliver British values. It's a brilliant idea, and one that's ripe for Creative Commons licenses — the specs say that "Content distributed by the PSP must be widely available throughout the UK, with at least near-universal availability." Sounds like open content to me!
184K PDF Link to the call for bids, Link to the Ofcom web-page for the project
(via Wonderland)
