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We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Liberated Pixel Cup, a free-as-in-freedom game authoring competition being launched in cooperation between Creative Commons, the Free Software Foundation, and OpenGameArt! Liberated Pixel Cup example outdoor artwork / Lanea Zimmerman / CC BY-SA 3.0 Liberated Pixel Cup is a two-part competition: make a bunch of awesome free…
Ideal Knot final rendering / Matt Biddulph / CC BY-SA Yesterday, Nature Publishing Group announced the launch of a new linked data platform, providing access to “20 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements, including primary metadata for more than 450,000 articles published by NPG since 1869. The datasets include basic citation information (title, author, publication…
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Version 4.0 — CC License draft ready for public comment! We are pleased to post for public comment the first discussion draft of version 4.0. This draft is the product of an extended (and unprecedented) requirements gathering period…
“The Public, West Bromwich – Welcome to The Public Entrance Free” / ell brown / CC BY We are pleased to post for public comment the first discussion draft of version 4.0. This draft is the product of an extended (and unprecedented) requirements gathering period involving input from CC affiliates, community and stakeholders. Thanks to…
2071785 / jma.work / CC BY Update June 2012: The OER Policy Registry has moved to its permanent home at http://oerpolicies.org, please review and contribute any new policies there. Update October 2012: We’ve removed the links to the Google Form and spreadsheet below. Please visit the OER Policy Registry’s permanent home at http://oerpolicies.org. The open…
CC is seeking a new Communications Manager! If you have run successful web campaigns while working with diverse stakeholders and community members from around the world, this job may be for you. We want a savvy web and social media expert that is familiar with open practices and tools, and can engage the individual CC…
NASA Blue Marble / NASA Goddard Photo and Video / CC BY Some important changes are taking place in CC’s Regional Project Manager (RPM) team, the group responsible for coordinating and supporting our worldwide affiliate network. Two of our RPMs – Chiaki Hayashi, RPM for the Asia-Pacific, and Aurelia J. Schultz, RPM for Africa –…
CC0 has been getting lots of love in the last couple months in the realm of data, specifically GLAM data (GLAM as in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums). The national libraries of Spain and Germany have released their bibliographic data using the CC0 public domain dedication tool. For those of you who don’t know what that…
Argentina Flag / quimpg / CC BY It’s taken us a few months, but we would like to introduce some new members of the CC family – our new CC Argentina affiliate team. The new Argentinian team (see their website here and their CC wikipage here), came on board late last year and is headed…
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Why Open Education Matters Video Competition! by Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, and Open Society Foundations Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Foundations announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters…