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Governments demonstrating leadership in openness with Creative Commons

Dr. Hessa Al Jaber, Secretary General, ictQATAR / ictQATAR / CC BY Qatar’s Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology, ictQatar, is among the many governments making waves by promoting openness and Creative Commons. During the welcome address at last weekend’s Digitally Open conference in Doha, the ictQATAR’s Secretary General Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber announced that … Read More “Governments demonstrating leadership in openness with Creative Commons”

Macau

Dr. Fang Quan, Dr. Wang Lan, Dr. Shen Yunqiao, Dr. Yi Zaicheng, Miss Wang Chengfang, Mr. Lu Xiaoping, Miss Dai Zhujun (Macau University of Science and Technology)

Lebanon

Pierre El Khoury (La Sagesse University); Tony Feghali (American University of Beirut); Mohammed Al Darwish

CC Australia Roadshow

Creative Commons Australia is putting their annual conference on wheels. Previously, the national meet-ups were held at the project’s home base in Brisbane. Now the team is hitting the road and taking the event to cities across the country. Each CC Roadshow is designed for those interested in finding out about CC for the first … Read More “CC Australia Roadshow”

Costa Rican license draft enters public discussion, pilots new comment tools

We are happy to announce an experiment in the public discussion process of our licenses, piloted by CC Costa Rica. Customarily, we post a static text document of the licenses, including a re-translation and summary of changes in English, to our website. The community can download these files and submit comments on the jurisdiction’s mailing … Read More “Costa Rican license draft enters public discussion, pilots new comment tools”

Catalyst Grant campaign success! Over 130 project submissions, almost $50k raised

Last week our month-long Catalyst Grant campaign drew to a close with over 130 project applications and nearly $50,000 raised to make those ideas a reality. The Catalyst Grant program wouldn’t be possible without the support of the 254 individual donors who helped us raise that amount, 100% of which goes to our grant program. … Read More “Catalyst Grant campaign success! Over 130 project submissions, almost $50k raised”