CC News: White House Supports Open Access
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We’re nearing the finish line for version 4.0 of the CC license suite. Find out what’s new in Draft 3 and what issues are stil being discussed. |
Join the School of Open! Our first classes are officially launching on March 11, as a part of the Open Education Week celebration. |
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The White House has issued a groundbreaking directive supporting public access to publicly funded research. |
Creative Commons, PLOS, and OKFN hosted a course sprint last weekend to develop a new open science curriculum. |
In other news:
- We’ve just announced the location of the 2013 Creative Commons Global Summit. Join us in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 21-24!
- A new bill in the US congress would drastically expand public access to federally funded research. Get the facts on FASTR.
- Remember the contest to find a CC-licensed alternative to the Happy Birthday Song? Listen to the winners!
- The CC Arab World community recently gathered to celebrate ten years of CC and discuss the future of the open Internet in the Middle East.
- A few weeks ago, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton unveiled the Open Book Project, an initiative to expand access to free, high-quality educational materials in Arabic.
- For the fifth year, Creative Commons is participating in the Google Policy Fellowship program. If you’re interested in working on CC’s education and advocacy initiatives, find out how to apply.
- Vice ran a great interview with Adam Green, cofounder of the Public Domain Review.