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  • From: Alek Tarkowski <alek.tarkowski AT creativecommons.pl>
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  • Subject: [Cc-pl] [Fwd: [iCommonslab] The iCommons Lab Report: August/September]
  • Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:17:34 +0200

druga tego rodzaju publikacja jest wydawany od dwoch miesiecy 'The iCommons Lab Report', podobny newsletter wydawany w biurze iCommons w Poludniowej Afryce. W przypadku tej publikacji mozecie sie zapisac na liste dyskusyjna [iCommonslab] aby regularnie i bezposrednio otrzymywac newslettery (informacje jak to zrobic prawdopodobnie na koncu forwardowanej przeze mnie wiadomosci).

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  • From: "Daniela Faris" <daniela AT icommons.org>
  • To: icommonslab AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [iCommonslab] The iCommons Lab Report: August/September
  • Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:48:16 -0700 (PDT)
The iCommons Lab Report: August/September
"Your window on the commons"
www.icommons.org

IN THIS EDITION

- From Jhb with love – a monthly update from the office of the Executive
Director
- iCommoners Testify
• The Rio Framework for Open Science - Tools to start a Science Commons
near you!
• Hello Wikimaniacs!- How Wikipedia and the commons community have more
to
share than you’d guess.
• Snd us ur info, luv 4rm Mofest - A Q&A with Paulo Hartmann and Marcelo
Godoy, the organisers of the International Festival of Mobile Art and
Creativity in Brazil.
- The Organisation Spotlight: What’s up at CC HQ, San Francisco?
- Commons event calendar: Find a gathering in your part of the world.

FROM JHB WITH LOVE – A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

Dear iCommoners,

Phew! Well, I nearly didn’t get this letter out on time (Daniela was
cracking the whip at me) because I’ve been furiously writing funding
proposals over the past few weeks. If we succeed, iCommons will be
coordinating two very exciting projects in the next year. The first
project is a South-South collaboration between four organisations, led by
iCommons, and in partnership with FGV in Brazil, ALF in India with
assistance from Science Commons, to look at the viability and relevance of
a Creative Commons-type licensing framework for indigenous knowledge and
cultural heritage. The second is a project working with 7 other
organisations in Africa in order to map out a research agenda for an
African Access to Knowledge campaign and to start localising the Rio
Framework for Open Science in Southern Africa.

Next week I’m going to be at the Wizards of OS conference in Berlin
(http://www.wizards-of-os.org/) where iCommons is organising a panel
discussion entitled ‘Bridges or walls? Can free culture coexist with
proprietary projects?’ on Saturday the 16th at 13:00. We’re going to be
experimenting a bit with the session, running it as a dynamic podcast
interview featuring Larry Lessig and Aral Balkan from OSFlash.org, with
inserts by members of the iCommons community. During the debate we will
discuss some of the grey areas within open communities, businesses,
products and services, as well as some practical tips on how proprietary
vendors/products can come to embrace openness in a variety of forms.
Markus Beckedahl is kindly going to be podcasting for us, so you’ll soon
find the interview on icommons.org!

Is Wordpress the best free software blogging tool? And are there any
better resources than Creative Commons’ ‘Get Creative’ for educating
others about how the licences work? If you know the answers to any of
these questions, please add your ‘two cents’ (that’s ‘your opinion’) to
the Open Publishing in a Box wiki here:
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/Open_Publishing. Sometimes your opinion
is painful, but we always welcome it. In this case, we welcome it with
open arms! We’re going to be finalising the software, resources and
tutorials for the project in the next 2/3 weeks. Thank you so much to
those who have helped so far and who will be lending a hand (or brain) to
the finalisation of this important resource. Every person who helps out
will get a free copy of the finished version (see
http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/ for the Audio/Video version) and we know
they’re going to go ‘like hot cakes’ (i.e. very, very quickly!)

Finally, for those of you who think you’ve heard the best cc-licenced
song, or movie, or educational resource, please make sure you check out
the new feature we’re working on for icommons.org called ‘10 of the Best’
at http://wiki.icommons.org. This is where the best of the best open
content will compete for recognition. We’ve started with 3 sets of 10 on
the wiki which you can add to and argue about (in the ‘comments’ section)
in the next 2/3 weeks, after which time we’ll publish it on icommons.org
and in the Open Publishing Box. The titles and current ‘number 1’s’
include:

* 10 of the best video/animated educational resources about Creative
Commons licences in English

1. CC Mayer and Bettle Animation (ccAustralia) about Creative Commons
licencing - http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/ccau.mov

* 10 of the best educational resources about cc licences in English print

1. Creative Commons Wikipedia entry -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

* 10 of the best educational resources about open content

1. Lawrence Liang: 'A Guide to Open Content Licences'
http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide

If you need to make corrections or if you want to disagree, please make
sure you visit the wiki to add your voice to the debate

Best,

Heather Ford, Executive Director, iCommons
heather AT icommons.org

ICOMMONERS TESTIFY

Rio Framework for Open Science
Kaitlin Thaney, Science Commons Intern

In the weeks preceding the iCommons Summit, it was clear to Heather Ford
and John Wilbanks that the event could play a role in connecting open
science and free culture. The two respective Executive Directors of
iCommons and Science Commons agreed that the meeting in Rio should serve
as a means for initiating discussion, in the hopes of discovering a way to
bridge the divide. The result - the Rio Framework for Open Science.

http://icommons.org/2006/09/01/rio-framework-for-open-science/

Hello Wikimaniacs!
Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, is like a flagship of the free
culture movement. Its largest and most visible project to date is created
by thousands of contributors and used by millions. It is huge, complex,
ever changing and controversial. For some, it is a shining, multi-faceted
cultural diamond. To others it seems more like an alien mothership that
landed suddenly in the midst of our cultural landscape. Wikipedia raises
questions that beg to be answered, as their successes and processes relate
to many other commons-based projects. For those not deeply involved, there
is no better way to learn about the organisation than by taking part in
Wikimania, the annual conference for members and supporters of various
Wikimedia projects. This year’s conference took place from 4-6 August and
was hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law
School.

http://icommons.org/2006/08/17/hello-wikimaniacs/

Snd us ur info, luv 4rm Mofest
Daniela Faris, iCommons

Brazil may be named ‘the heart of the free culture movement’, but in
November it will also be the place to be if you’re interested in how
mobile technology is changing the way we communicate and relate to each
other; it’ll be hosting an event to phone home about, quite literally.

http://icommons.org/2006/08/22/gv-us-ur-info-luv-4rm-mofest/

More highlights from the commons community:

• "Unity in Diversity: Remix Nation in South Africa" - A descriptive
account of the first ccSalon held in Johannesburg: the venue, the
presentations, the “Salonistas” and why remixing is intrinsic to creating
culture.
http://icommons.org/2006/09/01/unity-in-diversity-remix-nation-in-south-africa/

• "Share Remix and Enjoy" - A report on the first ccSalon held in Seoul,
with the theme: ‘MUSICOMMONS – what the hell is it?”
http://icommons.org/2006/09/01/share-remix-and-enjoy/

• "ccNetherlands wants your visuals for a DVD" - Find out about the
audio
and visual DVD being produced to promote CC in the Netherlands. If you are
a motion designer, animator or video artist you can get involved!
http://icommons.org/2006/08/23/ccnetherlands-wants-your-visuals-for-a-dvd/

• "Announcing the ccColombia launch" - An in-depth article about the
process leading to the launch of ccColombia.
http://icommons.org/2006/08/17/announcing-the-cccolombia-launch/

• "From ‘experience’ goods to ‘search’ goods" - Bodo Balazs, from
ccHungary, gives an economic and cultural analysis on the reasons for the
popularity of file sharing networks.
http://icommons.org/2006/08/22/from-%e2%80%98experience%e2%80%99-goods-to-%e2%80%98search%e2%80%99-goods/

• "Poets, artists, singers, film directors meet in Taiwan" and "ccTaiwan
rocks at the Formoz Festival" - ccTaiwan and ccGarden have been busy
during July and August – follow these links:
http://icommons.org/2006/08/03/poets-artists-singers-film-directors-meet-in-taiwan/
and http://icommons.org/2006/08/11/cctaiwan-rocks-at-the-formoz-festival/

THE ORGANISATION SPOTLIGHT:
What’s up at Creative Commons HQ, San Francisco?
A report from Eric Steuer, CC’s Creative Director.

As always, there’s a ton going on at Creative Commons. One of the notable
highlights is a concert we’re hosting in conjunction with Popular Science
(http://www.popsci.com/popsci/) in the virtual world of Second Life
(http://secondlife.com/) featuring Jonathan Coulton, as well as popular
Second Life musicians Melvin Took, Kourosh Eusebio, Etherian Kamaboko, and
Slim Warrior. The fun takes place on Thursday, 14 September at 5PM
(SL/Pacific) on Menorca, an island within Second Life featuring unique
open air settings and stages for live music events. The entire show will
be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
2.5 license, so feel free to record and share it. More information is
available on the Creative Commons wiki at
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Popular_Science_Concert.

We’re also having a concert in the real world. As part of Wired’s NextFest
(http://www.wired.com/), a four-day festival featuring interactive
exhibits from scientists and researchers from around the world, the
magazine is hosting a CC benefit concert on Friday, 29 September at Irving
Plaza. The concert will feature Philadelphia DJ and instrumentalist, Diplo
and sampler/mixer, Girl Talk. A third act will be announced shortly.

Creative Commons recently became an affiliate of the OpenCourseWare
Consortium (http://www.ocwconsortium.org/). The newly launched OCW
Consortium portal site provides easy access to materials from nearly 3,000
courses published by 50 member institutions largely using Creative Commons
licenses. Courseware is available in nine languages: English, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese,
Vietnamese and Thai, supplied by leading institutions around the world.
The site also provides information for schools considering open
publication of course materials, including information on handling
intellectual property concerns and choosing an appropriate license.

Creative Commons had a booth at LinuxWorld, where our Chairman and CEO,
Larry Lessig gave a keynote presentation. We were thrilled to learn that
ccHost won the Linux World Product Excellence Award for ‘Best Open Source
Solution’.

COMMONS EVENT CALENDAR

Europe

Upcoming Event Highlight:

Wizards of OS 4 International Conference
• What: The Wizards of OS conference is concerned with the emerging
knowledge order of digital media. The focus is on the potential of the PC
and internet for fostering free communication and open collaboration in
the creation of knowledge.
• When: 14 - 16 September 2006
• Where: Columbia-halle, Berlin, Germany
• More information: http://www.wizards-of-os.org/

For details on other events in Europe see
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/September

North America

Upcoming Event Highlight:

CopyCamp: an unconference for artists about the internet and copyright
• What: Topics to be discussed include licensing content on the
internet;
Creative Commons and the public domain; Open Source and digital culture.
• When: 28-30 September 2006
• Where: Ryerson University’s Student Campus Centre, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
• More information: http://copycamp.ca/

For details on other events in North America see
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/September

South America

Upcoming Event Highlight:

Public Presentation
• What: Cultura Libre Projects
o CD Libre: Compilation CD of content licensed under Creative Commons
Peru.
o Community Networks: The First Free Wireless Mesh Network in Peru.
• When: 16 September 2006
• Where: Campus PUCP, Lima, Peru
• More Information: http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/culturalibre

For details on other events in South America see
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/September

Africa

Upcoming Event Highlight:

Highway Africa Conference
• What: Highway Africa is an annual ICT conference hosted by Rhodes
University which is situated in Grahamstown, South Africa. Each year, more
than 500 delegates from across the globe attend the conference to discuss
issues relating to Internet governance, ICT policy and media for
democracy. A highlight is the Digital Citizen Indaba on Blogging
(http://dci.ru.ac.za/), to be held during the event.
• Where: Rhodes University, Grahamstown
• When: 11-15 September 2006
• For more information: http://www.highwayafrica.ru.ac.za/

For details on other events in Africa see
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/September

International

Upcoming Event Highlight:

@LIS DAY
• What: The @LIS Day is an initiative organised within the European
Commission @LIS Program, and is aimed at gathering all the energies, ideas
and collaboration interests from Europe and Latin America in fields such
as e-health, e-inclusion, e-learning, and e-government on a specific day,
during which many activities will take place, showing the importance of
strengthening the bridges between the two continents towards a more
cohesive and inclusive Information Society for all.
• Where: Latin America and Europe
• When: 28 September 2006
• For more information: http://www.alisday.info/

For details on other International events see
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/September

ABOUT ICOMMONS
Incubated by Creative Commons, iCommons is an organisation with a broad
vision to develop a united global commons front by collaborating with open
content, access to knowledge, open access publishing and free culture
communities around the world.

CONTRIBUTE!
Interested in being a columnist/contributor/blogger/translator of the
iCommons Lab Report? Contact iCommons Lab Report editor, Daniela Faris
(daniela AT icommons.org).

LICENSE
The iCommons Lab Report is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
2.5 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/). Please
attribute both the author and the source of the newsletter
(www.icommons.org) if you republish the newsletter.

iCommons Ltd. is a private charity limited by guarantee with a registered
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