Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock AT okfn.org>]

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