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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. Friends of the Earth license. by oliverthered · · Score: 5, Funny

    hmmm... I wanted the
    'you can do anything you like with this so long as you don't vote for or support George W Bush.'

    Looks like I'll have to keep the formula for philosophers stone to my self for a while.

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    thank God the internet isn't a human right.
  2. Koan by b1t+r0t · · Score: 5, Funny
    One day, the disciple said unto the master: "Master, there are so many free software licenses with so many different requirements that nobody can possibly remember them all. I shall design my own set of unified free software licenses to replace all the others, and thereby set us all free!"

    The master immediately slapped the disciple upside his head.

    "Master, why did you strike me?"

    "We have no need for yet another free software license!"

    The disciple was suddenly enlightened.

    --

    --
    "Open source is good." - Steve Jobs
    "Open source is evil." - Microsoft
    1. Re:Koan by leshert · · Score: 5, Funny

      Amusing, but this would be a more proper koan:

      One day, the disciple said unto the master: "Master, there are so many free software licenses with so many different requirements that nobody can possibly remember them all. I shall design my own set of unified free software licenses to replace all the others, and thereby set us all free!"

      The master immediately slapped the disciple.

      "Master, why did you strike me?"

      The master said nothing, and the disciple went away.

      The next day, the disciple returned to the master, but before he could say anything, the master immediately slapped the disciple.

      "Master, why did you strike me again?"

      "I did not strike you again. Yesterday, I struck you with my left hand. Today I strike you with my right hand. Tomorrow I shall kick you."

      The disciple was suddenly enlightened.