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

Russell Ossendryver worldlabel at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 23:12:49 EST 2007


Excellent news, Tested it in Staroffice from Google Pack and worked great.
Giving IBM Lotus Symphony a try also!



On Nov 14, 2007 11:09 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at creativecommons.org> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 19:43 -0800, Aaron Shaw wrote:
> > congratulations! that's wonderful.
> >
> > any word on whether this extension is compatible with neo office?
> >
> > -Aaron
>
> Good question...why don't you test it and report back!
>
> Jon
>
> > 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
> >
> >         --
> >         Nathan R. Yergler
> >         Chief Technology Officer
> >         Creative Commons
> >
> >         http://wiki.creativecommons.org/User:Nathan_Yergler
> >
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