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#cc10 Featured Content: John Wilbanks on GlaxoSmithKline
by elliot Uncategorized postJohn Wilbanks / Nick Vedros / CC BY-SA In celebration of Creative Commons’ tenth anniversary, we asked various friends of CC to write about the role that open licensing plays in their fields. Today, John Wilbanks shows how the world’s largest pharmaceutical company made a big step in malaria research by sharing its data openly.…
#cc10 Featured Content: Gautam John on Annual Haircut Day
by elliot Uncategorized postIn celebration of Creative Commons’ tenth anniversary, we asked various friends of CC to write about their favorite CC-licensed content. Today, social entrepreneur and Pratham Books new projects manager Gautam John writes about two children’s books that took on lives of their own, thanks to CC licensing. On the 17th of November, 2008, we took…
#cc10 Featured Content: Cory Doctorow on Rudy Rucker
by elliot Uncategorized postCory Doctorow / NK Guy / CC BY-SA In celebration of Creative Commons’ tenth anniversary, we asked various friends of CC to write about their favorite CC-licensed content. Today, blogger and science fiction author Cory Doctorow writes about the CC-licensed novels of one of the original cyberpunks. Rudy Rucker’s Wetware books: the finest high-weirdness of…
Paul Brest Named Creative Commons Chair
by cathy About CC postRead 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…
500px Announces Creative Commons Licensing Options
by elliot About CC postRead 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…
School of Open builds curriculum at Creative Commons Palo Alto meeting
by Jane Park Uncategorized postOn October 5, Creative Commons and P2PU convened community advocates and policy leaders from the various “open” movements to lay the curriculum framework for the School of Open. If you haven’t heard of it yet, the School of Open is a community initiative that will provide online educational resources and professional development courses on the…
Creative Commons Remembers Jimmy Soriano
by jessica Uncategorized postiSummit08: Jimmy Soriano / Tomislav Medak / CC BY Creative Commons would like to take this opportunity to remember the great contribution made to its community by Atty. Jimmy Soriano. Jimmy first joined the CC community in 2005 when he launched our CC Philippines team. Over the past 7 years, he has been a constant…
New Creative Commons License Chooser
by lunpa Uncategorized postCreative Commons is proud to announce the launch of our new license chooser tool. The license chooser has been completely redesigned for greater clarity and ease of use. While the original license chooser was successful at simplifying the act of selecting a license and applying it to one’s work, its linear workflow resembled a registration…
Creative Commons' First Ever Africa Convening
by jessica Uncategorized postCreative Commons Africa Convening 2012 / Ibtihel Zaatouri / CC BY On June 26-27, Creative Commons hosted a historic event — the very first meeting of its community held on the African continent, the CC Africa Regional Convening 2012. Held in Entebbe, Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria, the meeting brought together nearly 50…
Creative Commons Licensing in the World of Philanthropy
by ablanco Uncategorized postHaving been here at Creative Commons for a couple of weeks now, I’m excited to share what I’m working on this summer as a Google Policy Fellow. A quick introduction: I’m currently a graduate student in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. Before moving to Northern California, I lived in the Boston area where…