[cc-community] PRESS RELEASE: Creative Commons Expands Documentation Project

Timothy Vollmer tim at creativecommons.org
Sun Mar 23 17:07:23 EDT 2008


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*Creative Commons Expands Documentation Project*

San Francisco, CA, USA -- March 24, 2008

Creative Commons today announced the expansion of a documentation project to
explain various facets of Creative Commons licensing. The initiative
includes links and PDF downloads to information on critical CC
specifications, recommendations, research studies and tutorials. Some of the
topics covered include the CC+ and CC0 projects, a simple licensing how-to,
and best practices for integrating Creative Commons licensing in websites.
The documentation project also offers posters, flyers and other creative
media such as the "Sharing Creative Works" comic book. These documents may
be downloaded directly from the Creative Commons Documentation page (
http://creativecommons.org/projects/documentation) and are suitable for high
quality printing and display.

Alex Roberts, Senior Designer at Creative Commons, explained the benefits of
the documentation initiative. "We're always trying to make Creative Commons
licenses easier to understand and use. From the beginning, CC has championed
human-readable copyright licenses. Our documentation project works to extend
this practice by offering short guides and explanations to a variety of CC
topics." All of the documentation is released under a Creative Commons
Attribution license for redistribution, reuse and remix.

In addition to the documents created by staff, Creative Commons called upon
the larger community to help build a rich documentation portfolio. Jon
Phillips, Community & Business Development Manager at Creative Commons, said
that user participation is crucial in the documentation process. "There are
so many interesting projects using Creative Commons licenses. We need to be
able to draw upon these innovative organizations and talented individuals to
help define and share their best practices. We've provided the framework and
source files for many of our documents to get this process rolling."
Creative Commons also asked for help from the broad community of CC adopters
and open content supporters to help translate the PDF documents into other
languages.

Visit http://creativecommons.org/projects/documentation to learn more about
the project and get involved.

*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 was built with and is sustained
by the generous support of organizations including the Center for the Public
Domain, the Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, as well as members of the public. For more information about
Creative Commons, visit http://creativecommons.org.

*Contact*
Jon Phillips
Business + Community Development Manager
jon at creativecommons.org
+86 1-360-282-8624
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org

*Press Kit*
http://creativecommons.org/presskit




Timothy

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Timothy Vollmer
tim at creativecommons.org
cell: +1.608.698.2403

Business Development Assistant
Creative Commons
www.creativecommons.org
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