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Creative Commons Launches Today

Posted by Hemos on from the better-for-the-world dept.

Luke Francl writes "On December 16, the Creative Commons is unveiling their commons licenses. Well, their website is up a little early Creative Commons provides an easy way for creators to give away some of their rights under copyright law without wading through hundreds of pages debating the merits of the GPL verus the OPL versus the FDL verus the public domain ad infinitum. By answering three simple questions, the Creative Commons web application selects an appropriate license for you. You can give it a try at the Choose a License page. They've also got a list of all the Creative Commons licenses." Peter Wayner has released his book Free For All under the license.

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  1. Raise your hand by krog · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you want to strangle the Free-vs-Open-vs-Evil retardo nerds who make this a front-page story.

    WHO CARES

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    Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
  2. Sounds like some gay shit to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Mac users, Volkswagen owners....

    Sounds pretty fucking gay to me.

  3. feeding my kids by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    feeding your kids to what?
    the big nasty do down the road.

    I don't believe some of you non religious, unethical, loveless non caring, thoughtless , horrible, evil, blinded, hopeless, stupid, unknowlageable , selfish people.

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    thank God the internet isn't a human right.
  4. Re:This is just my opinion... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sorry, but today you have FAILED because you are a worthless FAILURE. I really hope you DIE. YOU FAIL IT