Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Lucas Gonze" <lucas.gonze AT gmail.com>]

The "Availability of source data" plank strikes me as a problem,
because it is burdensome.  Authors should be able to make a processed
version free without being required to include their sources.

On 4/1/07, Erik Moeller <erik AT wikimedia.org> wrote:
> The http://freedomdefined.org/ team is happy to announce the
> publication of a new set of licensing buttons for Free Cultural Works.
> These can be found at:
>
> http://freedomdefined.org/Logos_and_buttons
>
> They clearly identify works as being under a particular license, and
> also show the "Free Cultural Works" logo which symbolizes that all the
> Four Freedoms from http://freedomdefined.org/ are granted to users of
> the material (including the often denied freedom to make commercial
> use).
>
> The Definition of Free Cultural Works was recently adopted by the
> Wikimedia Foundation for Wikipedia and its sister projects, and is
> also linked from the Free Software Definition at:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>
> These buttons are in the public domain; there are no trademarks or
> other rights claimed, either.
>
> I would like to encourage all authors adopt these buttons to show your
> support for the freedom in Free Culture.
> --
> Peace & Love,
> Erik
>
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> the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.
>
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