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Launch of the Open Policy Network
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postToday we’re excited to announce the launch of the Open Policy Network. The Open Policy Network, or OPN for short, is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to support the creation, adoption, and implementation of policies that require that publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources. The website of the Open Policy Network is…
A message from Larry: A new CEO and a challenge to the CC community
by Lawrence Lessig Uncategorized postLawrence Lessig at ETech 2008 / Ed Schipul / CC BY-SA I am thrilled to welcome Ryan Merkley as the incoming CEO of Creative Commons. This is an important moment in the history of the organization. After eleven years, CC licenses are globally recognized as the definitive tool for sharing creative works. Millions across the…
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pageTweet your support: Share on Facebook: Thank you for investing in Creative Commons and for being a part of our collaborative global community. We are proud to put your donation to work supporting CC’s licenses, developing discovery and collaboration tools that make open content easy to find and use, and advocating for open policies…
White House supports CC0 for federal government datasets
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postToday the White House released the U.S. Open Data Action Plan, reaffirming their belief that “freely available data from the U.S. Government is an important national resource… [and] making information about government operations more readily available and useful is also core to the promise of a more efficient and transparent government.” The report (PDF) outlines…
Welcoming new CC Arab world affiliate coordinators
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postNaeema Zarif, CC BY 4.0 In February we said goodbye to Donatella Della Ratta, CC’s longtime coordinator for the Arab world. Today we’re pleased to announce that Naeema Zarif and Sami Ben Gharbia have joined Creative Commons as the regional coordinators for the region. Naeema and Sami join CC’s other regional team leaders, who are…
ShareAlike compatibility process and criteria discussion opens
by kat Uncategorized postPhoto: Golan Levin, CC-BY 2.0 We are now opening the discussion for our compatibility process and criteria for the ShareAlike licenses. As established in the drafting process, 4.0 includes a compatibility mechanism that allows for other licenses to be compatible with the ShareAlike licenses, allowing for greater interoperability of freely-licensed content, but no other licenses…
Report from India: Relicensing books under CC
by elliot Uncategorized postRelease of DVD containing Odia font, open source tools and Offline Odia WikipediaAhemadullah Shaikh / CC BY-SA This guest blog post was written by Subhashish Panigrahi of The Center for Internet and Society, a Creative Commons affiliate in India. My name is Subhashish Panigrahi. I am an educator currently working in the community and communication…
Project Gooseberry: Full-length CC BY animated film
by elliot Uncategorized postHere at CC, we’re big fans of the Blender Foundation, which supports the open-source Blender 3D animation suite and produces beautiful animated films. The films are built entirely with open technologies and are licensed under CC BY. Big Buck Bunny, one of the early Blender films, raised a lot of awareness about Creative Commons licenses…
CC BY 4.0 required on U.S. Department of Labor $150M grant
by Cable Green Copyright, Open Education postCreative Commons actively works to support foundations, governments, IGOs and other funders who create, adopt and implement open policies. We believe publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources. To support these and other emerging open policy efforts, CC is about to launch, with multiple global open organizations, an Open Policy Network and Institute…
CC talks with Marc Weidenbaum
by elliot Uncategorized postThis guest blog post was written by Niki Korth. If you’re in the Bay Area, come see Marc read from his new book at City Lights Thursday night and come hear Niki speak at next week’s CC Salon. Marc Weidenbaum / Jorge Colombo In 1996, Marc Weidenbaum founded the website Disquiet.com, which focuses on the…