[cc-community] [cc-board] PRESS RELEASE: Creative Commons Releases Add-in Support for OpenOffice.org

Hal Abelson hal at mit.edu
Wed Nov 14 21:19:05 EST 2007


bravo!



Nathan R. Yergler wrote:
> PDF attached; text below
> 
> San Francisco, CA — November 14, 2007
> 
> Today Creative Commons released an Add-in for OpenOffice.org which 
> allows users to select and embed a Creative Commons license in 
> documents. Based on work completed as part of the Google Summer of Code 
> by Cassio Melo, the add-in supports Writer (word processing documents), 
> Calc (spreadsheets) and Impress (presentations).
> 
> Google Summer of Code provides students with funding to work on open 
> source software between May and August. During summer 2007, Cassio 
> worked on developing the basic OpenOffice.org add-in. Cassio was 
> mentored by Nathan Yergler, Creative Commons CTO, and generously 
> supported by Google's Open Source programs. “Cassio provided a great 
> foundation for us to build on and maintain. I'm thrilled to finally be 
> able to offer support for OpenOffice.org,” said Yergler.
> 
> The Add-in is available without charge, and is licensed under the GNU 
> General Public License. Download information and links to source code 
> are available at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OpenOfficeOrg_Addin.
> 
> About Creative Commons
> 
> Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that 
> promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether 
> owned or in the public domain. Through its free copyright licenses, 
> Creative Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and educators the 
> choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon 
> the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to enable a 
> voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. Creative Commons is sustained 
> by the generous support of organizations including the John D. and 
> Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett 
> Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as members of the 
> public. For more information about Creative Commons, visit 
> http://creativecommons.org.
> 
> Contact
> 
> Nathan Yergler
> Chief Technology Officer
> Creative Commons
> nathan at creativecommons.org
> 
> Press Kit
> 
> http://creativecommons.org/presskit
> 
> 
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