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  • From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock AT okfn.org>
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] New licensing buttons
  • Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:27:23 +0100

I've long been meaning to write to the list about the Open Knowledge Definition and Erik's mail has finally prompted me to do so.

The Open Knowledge Definition (http://opendefinition.org/) was started just over a year and a half ago and went '1.0' in September 2006. It aims to provide a definition of the 'open' in open knowledge/data/content etc.

It is heavily based on the open source definition and the Budapest/Bethseda/Berlin definition of open access (also, unsurprisingly given the common aims of the Definition of Free Cultural Works and the Open Knowledge Definition, these two definitions are in essence identical.) The formal requirements can be found at:

http://opendefinition.org/1.0/

Similar to the Free Cultural Works logo there is also a set of logos/web buttons which people can use to label their work as 'open':

http://opendefinition.org/buttons

Regards,

Rufus Pollock

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

DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of
the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.

"An old, rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open,
free and exciting is waking up." -- Ming the Mechanic






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