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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. Re:sharealike = gpl? by henben · · Score: 4, Informative
    Well, the GPL covers situations that might arise with code but not with other types of content. e.g. the requirement that source code is made available, and is in the preferred form for making modifications.

    They're similar in spirit, but the GPL is more specifically tailored to computer code.

  2. Re:sharealike = gpl? by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Informative
    How is their ShareAlike License different from GPL?
    ShareAlike license -- the one you get if you click just the "sharealike" option when selecting licenses.
    And if it is not, what was the need to create another license with the same conditions?

    Unlike the GNU GPL, Creative Commons licenses are not be designed for software, but rather for other kinds of creative works: websites, scholarship, music, film, photography, literature, courseware, etc.

    There is a pretty good FAQ too.

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  3. Re:Slight problem here by stubear · · Score: 5, Informative
    Why do mocerators insist on modding up comments solely based on their contreversial nature? It took me all of two seconds to find this:

    The electronic version is now covered by the Creative Common's license permitting non-commerical distribution of complete copies. (To be specific: Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial License)


    on the "Free for All" website. Come on. Not only was the parent an idiot, at least one moderator has propegated this bullshit.