[cc-community] CC usage by NGOs

Jon Phillips jon at creativecommons.org
Thu Nov 15 14:21:19 EST 2007


Sure, lets use this page to detail efforts about these
resources...Gavin, would you like to lead this effort?

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/NGO

Jon


On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 10:04 +0000, Vera Franz wrote:
> I am working with colleagues on a project that helps private
> Foundations think about whether and how they could integrate
> CC-licensing requirements in grant contracts. I am happy to report
> back to this list once we've made progress.
> 
> all best, Vera
> 
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> Vera Franz
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> elliott bledsoe wrote:
> > from australia, we aren't aware of any research/papers on the area
> as yet. but we are working with a victorian-based non-profit
> organisation to implement a procedure for releasing their internal
> documents, training materials and policies under CC for use by other
> emerging non-profits. there is also some research being done here in
> brisbane around information management in the non-profit sector. and
> another non-profit here in brisbane is exploring social enterprise
> franchising and are talking to us about CC as an information
> management system.
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> > On 15/11/2007, at 12:39 pm, Gavin Baker wrote:
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> > There's a thread on the Students for Free Culture discussion list
> > about
> > CC license adoption in the independent sector. Starts here:
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> > http://freeculture.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-November/001890.html
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> > Are there CC outreach materials oriented toward NGOs? Have there
> > been
> > any presentations or publications making the case for CC licensing
> > in
> > non-profit organizations? Some prominent examples of organizations
> > using
> > CC licenses?
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