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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. Interesting by jimmyCarter · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting -- definitely a way to simplify the daunting task of picking a license. I recently began to roll my first SourceForge project and can tell you the license-selection step is very intimidating.

    Then again, I don't have the GPL stitched on my pillowcase like some of you. ;)

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    -- jimmycarter
  2. Re:sharealike = gpl? by Burdell · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The ShareAlike License looks like it requires that any modifications be distributed under the ShareAlike license (and no other). The GPL only requires that the key provisions of the GPL be followed. If you want to distribute your derivative work under a different (but compatible) license, that is acceptable under the GPL but not under the ShareAlike License. Without reading the fine print, that requirement may actually make the ShareAlike license incompatible with the GPL (as it puts additional restrictions).

  3. What about the rest of the world? by jb_nizet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    OK, so this web site gives licenses for the US, in english.
    Are the licenses applicable outside the US?
    If so, wouldn't it be nice to provide the license text in other languages (at least the main ones: French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, etc.)?

    JB.