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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. i agree by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 1, Troll

    the mod says 'flamebait' but my brain says 'spot-on'. Linux nerds have singlehandedly turned the geek community, once thriving with creativity and individuality, into a sea of obnoxious RMS-gamahuching dweebs -- who think they're cool .

    i liked it better before they came around.

  2. Re:-1 Offtopic by jpt.d · · Score: 1, Troll

    You haven't been reading what people have been saying about this have you? There is nothing stopping them from using binary in XML. If they don't then great, yes it wouild be open, but if they do use binary you can forget it.

    --
    What we see depends on mainly what we look for. -- John Lubbock Now search for that bug slave!
  3. Re:-1 Offtopic by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is binary in XML up to spec? I've never heard of such a thing. They said they're gonna be 100% compliant with the XML specs.