Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Danyl Strype <strypey AT disintermedia.net.nz>]

Kia ora koutou

This is great news! CC Aotearoa has now hit the mainstream in the
realm of the public service.

There are other great projects underway to ensure the free
availability of publicly-funded science data and reports. Since CC
only applies to things that can be copyrighted, there are ongoing
discussions among the folks working on the 'science commons' about how
to apply the equivalent of a free license to datasets, as well as
heaps of technical work on how to store, transmit and reuse the data
for the common good.

Along the same lines, I think there is an argument that digital copies
of artwork funded by Creative NZ and other public arts funding bodies
should be available to the public under a libre license. As you saw
from my begging post about GiveALitte.com, I have also been checking
out some models for crowdsourcing investment or 'micro-patronage',
where many small donations can fund the creation of work that can then
be dedicated to the public good, and its output released under libre
licenses.

Tonight I blogged about the success of the 'Humble Indie Bundle', a
bunch of computer games sold under a pay-what-you-want model, and in
some cases the source code of the game engine has been released under
GPL:
http://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/2010/08/17/million-dollars-raised-code-freed/

I have also started a forum topic on the CC Aotearoa site to explore
models like this further:
http://creativecommons.org.nz/forums/creative_commons_and_commercial_art/donate_to_download_models

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou
Danyl

On 10 August 2010 22:26, Jane Hornibrook <janehornibrook AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> You may have seen on our website a happy announcement that the New Zealand
> Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) has been approved by
> Cabinet, with a public announcement arriving last week. NZGOAL recommends
> New Zealand Creative Commons licences for State Services agencies when
> releasing copyright works for reuse.

-- 
Danyl Strype
Community Developer
Disintermedia.net.nz/contacts

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
than to those attending too small a degree of it."
- Thomas Jefferson

"But libertarians do not defend the right of people to smash holes
in the hull of a crowded ship, or to let off bombs in city centres.
Freedom does not include the freedom to trash the habitat we all
depend on for survival."
- Johann Hari, the Independent, 5.9.06