[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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> > 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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