Taiwan The Taiwan license has now been integrated into the Creative Commons licensing process, so you are able to license your works under this jurisdiction's law.
The latest version of the licenses available for this jurisdiction are:
- Attribution 2.5 Taiwan
- Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Taiwan
- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Taiwan
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Taiwan
- Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Taiwan
- Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Taiwan
Many thanks to all who contributed to the license-porting process. This page remains for reference.
Please take a look at the mailing-list archive if you are interested in the academic discussion leading to the Taiwan final license.
Creative Commons is working with an Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica to create Taiwan jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses.
CCi Taiwan List
Project Lead: Dr. Tyng-Ruey Chuang and Shunling Chen
- License draft.
- English explanation of substantive legal changes. (PDF)
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About the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica is the highest government-sponsored academic research institution in Taiwan. The institution supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences to humanities and social sciences. The Institute of Information Science (IIS) was formally established in September 1982, and is one of the nine institutes within the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. IIS presently has 33 full-time research fellows, 16 postdoctoral fellows and over 160 full-time information technology engineers supporting research and development of information science and engineering.
The mission of IIS is to conduct quality, fundamental research in information science, to develop cutting edge technologies applicable to advanced information systems, and to improve Taiwan’s competitiveness in information technology and its international visibility. Being a member of the most prominent research institution in Taiwan, IIS is obligated to assuming the leadership role in the area of information science, and aiming to establish itself as one of the world’s top research institutions.
Currently, IIS is conducting the Open Source Software Foundry (OSSF) project, with the aim of establishing a vital open source community. OSSF is to serve as a public, virtual common ground where local open source developers are invited to contribute their creativity in software development.
For more information about the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, visit
