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‘Reclaim Invention’ for the benefit of everyone
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Access postThe vision of the Creative Commons project is universal access to research and education, and full participation in culture to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity. Collaboration, sharing, and co-operation are in our nature — building community, co-operating towards common goods, and creating shared benefits are at the heart of who we…
U.S. Moves Ahead with Limited Code Sharing Policy
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright postImage by Ilya Pavlov, CC0. Last week the White House finalized the Federal Source Code Policy to improve access to software code developed by or for the federal government. The policy is a step in the right direction toward making software accessible and reusable across U.S. government agencies, as well as for the general public.…
Exploring open textbooks to improve education in Uganda
by Vincent Kizza Open Education postIn March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership. In our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. As a Ugandan science educator with a background in computer science, I have witnessed thousands of kids dropping out of school because…
Show your support for Diego Gomez this week!
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Access postFinal arguments in the case against Diego Gomez will be presented on August 10. Gomez is a Colombian graduate student who shared an academic paper without permission online and received a criminal copyright complaint from the author. If convicted, Gomez faces a 4-8 year prison sentence and a significant monetary fine. Over the last year, we’ve highlighted…
The changing role of the publisher in the age of plenty
by Niall McNulty Open Education postIn March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership, and in our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. By way of some background, I am currently the digital publishing manager at the African branch of Cambridge University Press (CUP),…
The future of housing is here: CC Talks with the Open Building Institute
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Access, Technology postWhat if the future of eco-housing is remixable, inexpensive, collaborative, open sourced, freely licensed, and accessible to all?
CC DMCA Notice & Takedown Procedure
pageCreative Commons abides by the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by responding to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the DMCA and other applicable laws. As part of our response, we may remove or disable access to material residing on a site that is controlled or operated by Creative Commons (such as creativecommons.org)…
Let’s make some clothes: Joost de Cock on Make my Pattern
by Jennie Rose Halperin Uncategorized postThe delightfully quirky sewing site Make my Pattern.com is the work of self-proclaimed “sewcialist” Joost de Cock, a Belgian designer with a flair for fashion. When he started Make my Pattern, de Cock set out to solve a major issue for amateur sewers: patterns fit best when hand-drafted, but hand-drafting is inaccessible to most hobbyists.…
CC is Awesome!
by Gwen Franck Events post‘Awesome’ by Sam Howzit, CC BY 2.0 on Flickr One of the greatest strengths of the Creative Commons organization is the dedicated volunteers worldwide who help build openly licensed projects and educate the public about CC in their local communities and internationally. A few months ago, we provided mini grants to these communities through The…
“Let’s do this together”: an interview with Letters for Black Lives
by Jennie Rose Halperin Uncategorized post“We need to talk,” begins the first letter from the organizers of “Letters for Black Lives,” a new writing project aimed at opening up intercultural and inter-generational dialogue about the Black Lives Matter movement.