In the past if you wanted to integrate Creative Commons license selection with your web application, there was one solution: the partner interface. Today there’s a second way: the Ajax Chooser. The Ajax Chooser is a PHP+Javascript library derived from wpLicense which encapsulates a license chooser. Ajax Chooser uses the CC web services to load…

I got to feeling like I was someone special — not everyone had a chum as exotic as Keep-A-Movin’ Dan, the legendary missionary who visited the only places left that were closed to the Bitchun Society. I can’t say for sure why he hung around with me. He mentioned once or twice that he’d liked…

You may have read this Featured Commoner’s technology columns in the San Jose Mercury Sun News or on Sillicon Valley.com. Dan Gillmor has been writing about technology, business, and policy for as long as such a beat has existed. His new book, We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, tells the…

San Francisco, US, & London, UK, 1st August 2005—Creative Commons and www.werennotafraid.com (WNA) today announced a landmark partnership whereby WNA will incorporate Creative Commons licensing into the WNA site, upcoming Proud Gallery exhibit and the ‘We’re Not Afraid’ book. By using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, people around the world will be able to…

San Francisco, US, & London, UK, 1st August 2005—Creative Commons and www.werennotafraid.com (WNA) today announced a landmark partnership whereby WNA will incorporate Creative Commons licensing into the WNA site, upcoming Proud Gallery exhibit and the ‘We’re Not Afraid’ book. By using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, people around the world will be able to…

The ‘best Creative Commons animation ever’ has been fansubbed. The original came with a CC license that allows derivative works, but also provided the script and source files. The fansubbers have provided French and English subtitle files. All together a great example of using licensing plus component materials to encourage reuse.

Staccato, a music program featuring all Creative Commons licensed tracks, launched late last year and has featured some great interviews and lots of great music. Last week saw the release of Staccato #21, a “best of” program also featuring an extended interview with Creative Commons chair Lawrence Lessig. Listen now.

Creative Commons made an appearance of sorts in the free software in-joke comic Everybody loves Eric Raymond. As it happens the strip is CC-licensed. That makes at least two. Thanks to Will for the pointer.

With all of the public debate about the role of innovation in music and movies, it’s not surprising that discussion of the uses of Creative Commons licenses tends to be about their place in the music and movie industries. When there is discussion about text and books, it tends to be about academic works, like…

Sometimes we get thirsty here at CC-HQ, and so sometimes we head up to the coffee machine and press the button for coffee. Or sometimes we make espresso and dump the left over grounds down the drain until the drainage pipe clogs and our downstairs neighbors get a wonderful espresso-ground shower. And then sometimes we…