Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Twitter. Top stories: School of Open logo The wait is over. The School of Open is now in session. Enroll now in a facilitated course or learn at your own pace. California Seal of the AssemblyEdward Headington / CC…
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Twitter. Top stories: Law BooksKolinio Niumataiwalu / CC BY-NC-SA 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. School of Open…
An Education Sprint The future of Open is a dynamic landscape, ripe with opportunities to increase civic engagement, literacy, and innovation. Towards this goal, the Science Program at Creative Commons is teaming up with the Open Knowledge Foundation and members of the Open Science Community to facilitate the building of an open online course, an…
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Twitter. Top stories: #cc10 Costa RicaAdrián Coto / CC BY Celebrate ten years of Creative Commons, and consider making an investment in the next ten. Aaron SwartzJacob Appelbaum / CC BY-SA As a teenager, Aaron Swartz helped start Creative…
On Saturday, we toasted to 10 years of the Creative Commons licenses, which has enabled the sharing and reuse of roughly half a billion creative, educational, and scientific works. Larry Lessig and guest toast CC10 / DTKindler Photo / CC BY Many others joined in to celebrate at events around the world, and are still…
Read the full press release. (PDF) I’m delighted to announce that Paul Brest has been elected chair of the Creative Commons board. Paul will begin as chair in December, coinciding with CC’s tenth anniversary celebrations. Throughout his career, Paul has bridged the worlds of law, philanthropy, and academia, most recently as president of the William…
Read the full press release. (PDF) This morning, photo-sharing platform 500px announced that it now offers Creative Commons licensing options. 500px has become a hub for talented photographers in recent years, and it’s great to see it join the ranks of CC-enabled platforms. From the press release: “While our platform still defaults to full copyright…
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Twitter. Top stories: John Yap #opened12 Announcement (cropped)Giulia Forsythe / CC BY-NC-SA British Columbia has just announced a groundbreaking open textbook policy, providing for open textbooks for 40 popular college courses. Open Access Week logo It’s open access…
Download press release (PDF) Mountain View, CA and Cambridge, MA — Creative Commons and the OpenCourseWare Consortium announce the formation of a task force to determine how open educational resources (OER) can support the success of girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in support of the Equal Futures Partnership, announced on September…
Stay up to date with CC news by following us on Twitter. Top stories: #cc10, December 7-16 #cc10 is coming! Get ready for a ten-day celebration of the history and future of Creative Commons. Laptop Paul Cutler / CC BY-SA Creative Commons is looking for an experienced, innovative, and technically inclined individual to drive product…