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

Aaron Shaw adshaw at berkeley.edu
Wed Nov 14 22:43:25 EST 2007


congratulations! that's wonderful.

any word on whether this extension is compatible with neo office?

-Aaron


On Nov 14, 2007 1:21 PM, Nathan R. Yergler <nathan at creativecommons.org>
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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> Nathan R. Yergler
> Chief Technology Officer
> Creative Commons
>
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/User:Nathan_Yergler
>
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