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

Eric Steuer eric at creativecommons.org
Sat Mar 29 12:29:31 EDT 2008


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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:42 AM, karl schulte <carlo.difabio at gmx.de> wrote:
> timothy,
>
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>  carlo di fabio (google)
>  -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>  > Datum: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:07:23 -0400
>  > Von: "Timothy Vollmer" <tim at creativecommons.org>
>  > An: cc-presslist at lists.ibiblio.org, cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org
>  > Betreff: [cc-community] PRESS RELEASE: Creative Commons Expands       Documentation Project
>
>
>
>  > PDF attached; text below
>  >
>  >
>  > *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
>  >
>  > --
>  > Timothy Vollmer
>  > tim at creativecommons.org
>  > cell: +1.608.698.2403
>  >
>  > Business Development Assistant
>  > Creative Commons
>  > www.creativecommons.org
>
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