[cc-community] PRESS RELEASE: Creative Commons Releases Add-in Support for OpenOffice.org
Jon Phillips
jon at creativecommons.org
Thu Nov 15 03:25:52 EST 2007
Great Russell, could you add these findings to the wiki page and massage
it a bit...help spread the word oh OO.o/ODF proselytizer :)
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OpenOfficeOrg_Addin
Jon
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 23:12 -0500, Russell Ossendryver wrote:
> 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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