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CC Affiliate Network

2013-08-02T15:03:33Z

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The CC Affiliate Network consists of 100+ affiliates working in over 70 jurisdictions to support and promote CC activities around the world.

The teams have a wide range of responsibilities, including public outreach, community building, translating information and tools, fielding inquiries, conducting research, communicating with the public, maintaining resources for CC users, and in general, promoting sharing and our mission. These teams have a formal relationship with Creative Commons via an agreement between organizations, universities or individuals in the jurisdiction and CC HQ Unaffiliated volunteers are also welcome to organize events and promote Creative Commons locally, regionally and globally.

If you would like learn more or contribute in one of these jurisdictions, please click on the flag below or email affiliate-program[at]creativecommons.org. If you are looking for a flag that you do not see here, please check the [[Jurisdiction Database]] The [[Affiliates]] page on the CC wiki contains more information, including regional activities and history of our work.
<h2>CC Affiliate Network</h2>

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<h2>The Licensing Suite</h2>

Creative Commons offers a core suite of six copyright licenses written to conform to international treaties governing copyright. The international licenses, as well as existing ported licenses, are all intended to be effective anywhere in the world, with the same [http://courtreportingagency.com legal] effect. In the past, when it was demonstrated that a ported [http://www.windows8softwares.com free software] license was needed, Creative Commons worked with [http://www.teamlaw.com legal] experts to craft a localized version of its six, core international licenses. Over 50 ported license suites exist. These ported licenses are based on and compatible with the international license suite, differing only in that they have been modified to reflect local nuances in how [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] terms and conditions are expressed, drafting protocols and, of course, language. They are effective worldwide, as is the international license suite. The most recent international license suite available is [[Version_3 | version 3.]]

Please note that CC’s policy is not to begin any new porting projects as we are currently preparing for version 4.0.

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Developer Challenges

2013-08-02T09:56:47Z

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[[Category:Developer]]

{{Infobox|'''Here for [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Google Summer of Code]? See [[Summer of Code 2012]] for details about what we're looking for in [http://www.windows8softwares.com applications] this year. Please read that page... most of the ideas below do not apply this year.'''}}

{{Infobox|This page is for ideas and wishes: technology projects that would be beneficial for Creative Commons and our community, but which we don't have resources to build ourselves. If you've found a '''bug''' or have a feature request for existing tools/services, please report it in the [http://code.creativecommons.org/issues bug tracker].}}

We have ideas. Lots of ideas. And some of them might just be darn cool. So we challenge you, dear developer, help us out and win fame and glory (and maybe, just maybe, [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4293 a job]).

Some challenges have been met and completed, but fret not -- there are still lots of opportunities for fame and glory.

For more ways to participate take a look at the the [[Developers]] portal.

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== Google Summer of Code Ideas ==

We think these ideas are right-sized for Google [[Summer of Code]] projects. We'll definitely accept applications for ideas that aren't on this list, but these are a good starting point.

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Developer Challenges

2013-08-02T09:50:35Z

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[[Category:Developer]]

{{Infobox|'''Here for [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012 Google Summer of Code]? See [[Summer of Code 2012]] for details about what we're looking for in applications this year. Please read that page... most of the ideas below do not apply this year.'''}}

{{Infobox|This page is for ideas and wishes: technology projects that would be beneficial for Creative Commons and our community, but which we don't have resources to build ourselves. If you've found a '''bug''' or have a feature request for existing tools/services, please report it in the [http://code.creativecommons.org/issues bug tracker].}}

We have ideas. Lots of ideas. And some of them might just be darn cool. So we challenge you, dear developer, help us out and win fame and glory (and maybe, just maybe, [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4293 a job]).

Some challenges have been met and completed, but fret not -- there are still lots of opportunities for fame and glory.

For more ways to participate take a look at the the [[Developers]] portal.

{{#forminput:Challenge|35||Add a New Challenge}}

== Google Summer of Code Ideas ==

We think these ideas are right-sized for Google [[Summer of Code]] projects. We'll definitely accept applications for ideas that aren't on this list, but these are a good starting point.

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Developers

2013-08-02T09:49:22Z

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'''Welcome to the CC Developer Community!''' This is where you'll find all
about the technologies and software products that CC uses to push
forward our mission to maximize digital creativity, sharing, and
innovation.

== Get Involved ==

All of the projects developed at Creative Commons are open source
[http://www.planetsofts.com software], and just like most open source projects, outside involvement
is key to its success. But you don't have to be a software developer
to join us--we'd love to have you in the discussion if you're a user
researcher, designer, translator, or just interested in the topic.

; E-mail
: Join our [http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel mailing list]
; IRC
: Chat with us real-time on [irc://irc.freenode.net/cc irc] (Freenode, #cc)

Coming soon: public team meetings, and other ways to engage.

== Projects ==

; [[OpenHome]]
: A Creative Commons homepage with your content
; [[Summer of Code 2013|Google Summer of Code 2013]]
: Ideas and more.
; [[Translate|Localization]]
: Find out how to help the Creative Commons community with translations.

== Core Technologies ==

; [[RDFa]]
: Standard for adding machine-readable statements to web pages.
; [[CcREL]]
: Language for adding licensing [http://combinest.blogspot.com/ information] to web pages.
; [[LRMI]]
: Language for describing educational resources on the web.
; [[Liblicense]]
: Library for embedding licensing metadata into files of various formats. (note: now somewhat out of date!)

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CC Affiliate Network

2013-08-02T09:19:56Z

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The CC Affiliate Network consists of 100+ affiliates working in over 70 jurisdictions to support and promote CC activities around the world.

The teams have a wide range of responsibilities, including public outreach, community building, translating information and tools, fielding inquiries, conducting research, communicating with the public, maintaining resources for CC users, and in general, promoting sharing and our mission. These teams have a formal relationship with Creative Commons via an agreement between organizations, universities or individuals in the jurisdiction and CC HQ Unaffiliated volunteers are also welcome to organize events and promote Creative Commons locally, regionally and globally.

If you would like learn more or contribute in one of these jurisdictions, please click on the flag below or email affiliate-program[at]creativecommons.org. If you are looking for a flag that you do not see here, please check the [[Jurisdiction Database]] The [[Affiliates]] page on the CC wiki contains more information, including regional activities and history of our work.
<h2>CC Affiliate Network</h2>

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<h2>The Licensing Suite</h2>

Creative Commons offers a core suite of six copyright licenses written to conform to international treaties governing copyright. The international licenses, as well as existing ported licenses, are all intended to be effective anywhere in the world, with the same [http://courtreportingagency.com legal] effect. In the past, when it was demonstrated that a ported [http://www.windows8software.com free software] license was needed, Creative Commons worked with [http://www.teamlaw.com legal] experts to craft a localized version of its six, core international licenses. Over 50 ported license suites exist. These ported licenses are based on and compatible with the international license suite, differing only in that they have been modified to reflect local nuances in how [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] terms and conditions are expressed, drafting protocols and, of course, language. They are effective worldwide, as is the international license suite. The most recent international license suite available is [[Version_3 | version 3.]]

Please note that CC’s policy is not to begin any new porting projects as we are currently preparing for version 4.0.

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Case Studies

2013-08-02T09:13:47Z

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[[Image:Casestudies-splash.jpg|link=Case Studies]]

<div style="font-size:100%; line-height:1.75em; margin-bottom:1.25em;text-align:justify;">Whether you're looking for inspiration, business models, or precedents, the CC Case Studies are a perfect place to start. Help us expand this resource by sharing your work and telling your story. Exceptional and well-written case studies could be included in upcoming publications and research.</div>
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== Featured Case Studies ==

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<h2>[http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Special:BrowseData/Casestudy?_single Browse all]</h2>
*'''[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons|Government Usage]]'''
*'''[[OER_Case_Studies|Open Educational Resources (OER)]]'''
*'''[[Data]]'''
*'''[[Photography]]'''
*'''[http://www.windows8softwares.com Software Download]'''
*'''[[Filmmaker|Film]]'''
*'''[[GLAM|GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums]]'''
*'''[[Journalism]]'''
*'''[[Musician|Music]]'''
*'''[[Writer|Literature]]'''
*'''[[Social_Justice|Social Justice]]'''
*'''[http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Special:SearchByProperty?title=Special:SearchByProperty&property=Tag&value=technical+details Technical Case Study]'''

Or run a [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&offset=0&limit=20&q=%5B%5BCategory%3ACasestudy%5D%5D&p=format%3Dbroadtable&po=%3FAuthor%0A%3FFormat%0A%3FCountry%0A&order=ASC&eq=yes custom Case Study query]

There are currently '''{{#ask: [[Category:Casestudy]]|format=count}}''' case studies in the
database.

=== Add a case study ===
{{#forminput:Case_Study|30|Case study name|Add or edit|super_page=Case_Studies}}
===Evaluations===
Help to [[Case_Studies/Evaluation|evaluate or improve]] the quality of these Case Studies .

===Translate a Case Study ===
[[CC Wiki:Translate|Add translations]] for these Case Studies

=== Wanted List ===
Have an idea for a case study but can't execute? Add your request to [[Talk:Case_Studies]].

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<h2 style="border-bottom:1px solid #b0b0b0; margin-bottom:10px;">Get the book that seeded this database: Building an Australasian Commons</h2>
[[Image:Building_an_australassian_commons_thumbnail.jpg‎|left|160px|link=http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/publications/casestudiesvol1]]
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[http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/publications/casestudiesvol1 Building an Australasian Commons] has been produced by [http://creativecommons.org.au Creative Commons Australia] to highlight case studies from the Australasian region .
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XMP

2013-08-02T08:50:17Z

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{{Filetype
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|web_statement=Yes
|more_permissions=Yes
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[[Image:Xmp_tagline.png|right]]
[http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp XMP] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform Extensible Metadata Platform]) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably, XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.

Creative Commons is recommending XMP as the preferred format for embedded metadata, given its [http://web.archive.org/web/20070426051136/http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/xmptoolkit/#FAQ support for numerous file formats] and the balkanized state of embedded metadata standards. Others are coming to a similar conclusion; Microsoft has announced support for [http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/archive/2006/08/23/715340.aspx XMP in Vista applications] and Jon Udell [http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/02/14/truth-files-microformats-and-xmp/ notes] "There’s also good support in .NET Framework 3.0 for reading and writing XMP metadata." Note that even when embedded with XMP metadata, Creative Commons recommends a licensed document include a visible copyright notice; [[Marking|format-specific recommendations]] for visible notices are available.

The Creative Commons [http://www.creativecommons.org/license/ licensing process] offers a XMP template which may be used to mark files within XMP-supporting [[XMP help for Adobe applications|Adobe applications (step-by-step how-to document)]]. An [[Adobe_Metadata_Panel|XMP FileInfo panel]] is also available.

== Specifying License Information ==

XMP [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp/ defines] a rights management schema (see XMP Specification, p. 42). Creative Commons sets the following properties (example values):

* '''xmpRights:Marked''' — ''False'' if Public Domain, ''True'' otherwise.
* '''xmpRights:WebStatement''' — ''http://example.com/pdf-metadata.html'' (Replace with URL containing metadata about the XMP-embedded file; this is referred to as the [[WebStatement|Web Statement]].)
* '''xmpRights:UsageTerms''' — An optional field describing legal terms of use; Creative Commons recommends that when present this take the form ''This work is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bysa/2.0/ verify at http://example.com/pdfmetadata.html'' (Replace URL following 'verify at' with URL containing metadata about the XMP-embedded file; this is typically the URL specified by '''xmpRights:WebStatement'''.)<br />'''''Note''': as of 2011-05 http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf suggests using '''dc:rights''' and xmpRights:WebStatement; it probably makes sense to populate dc:rights and xmpRights:UsageTerms with identical content.''

We also define a Creative Commons schema ''http://creativecommons.org/ns#'' whose common prefix is cc. It currently has the following properties:

* '''license''' — The license URL; for example, ''http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/''.
* '''morePermissions''' — A URL where additional permissions (commercial licensing, etc) are available.
* '''attributionURL''' — The URL to use when attributing this work.
* '''attributionName''' — The creator's preferred name to use when attributing this work.

== Verification Links and XMP ==

A publisher can boost confidence in embedded metadata by providing a '''verifying web statement'''. A verifying web statement is a [http://watersoftenerreviewspro.com/water-softener-comparison/ URL] which contains metadata with assertions matching those embedded in the file. The difference is that instead of making the assertions about a URL, the assertions are made in reference to the SHA-1 hash of the file.

For example, the example web statement <code>http://example.com/pdf-metadata.html</code> would include metadata encoded as [[RDFa]].

<code><pre>
<p>The document example.pdf is licensed under a
<a about="urn:sha1:MSMBC5VEUDLTC26UT5W7GZBAKZHCY2MD" rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/license/by/3.0/">
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</a> license.
</a>
</p>
</pre></code>

When processing a file containing an embedded web statement, an [http://www.windows8softwares.com application] can retrieve the statement and parse it for additional metadata. If matching assertions are found which apply to the calculated SHA-1 hash of the file, the application can display an indicator noting increased confidence in the metadata. This approach has the added benefit of taking advantage of an existing mechanism (copyright take-down procedures) in order to break the confidence in the case of inappropriately licensed material.

== Additional Information ==

* [[XMP Implementations]]
* [[:Category:XMP|All XMP-related articles]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform Wikipedia article]
* [[Adobe Metadata Panel|Adobe XMP FileInfo Panel]]

<small>The XMP logo is either a registered trademark or trademark of the Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.</small>

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Public domain

2013-08-02T08:32:22Z

Boetbre: /* When does a work enter the public domain? */

When a work is in the '''public domain''', it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns or controls the material in any way.

Works that are in the public domain in one legal jurisdiction are not necessarily in the public domain worldwide. Copyright laws differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, both in duration of protection and what constitutes copyrightable subject matter. For example [http://usa.gov/copyright.shtml a US Government work] clearly in the public domain in the United States may or may not be free of restrictions and in the public domain in other jurisdiction. At present, one of the only ways to be certain that a particular work is in the public domain worldwide is to see if the holder has dedicated all rights to the work to the public domain by using http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0

Creative Commons licenses do not affect the status of a work that is in the public domain under applicable law, because our licenses only apply to works that are protected by copyright. For more information, see [[Before Licensing| our Licensing Guide]] to what you should know before you license a work using CC licenses

Find out more about [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain CC's public domain tools], and learn more about public domain.

== When does a work enter the public domain? ==

This varies by country.To see when a work in the [[United States]] enters the public domain see.[http://copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html gov'][http://www.windows8softwares.com s] public domain page.

Cornell University has also provided a handy table about copyright term and the public domain in the United States.

== Creative Commons public domain tools ==

* [[CC0]] (occasionally written as CC Zero) is a public domain dedication that allows copyright holders to place works in the public domain to the extent legally possible, worldwide.
* CC's [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain Mark] allows anyone to mark a work that is already free of copyright restrictions around the world .

See http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain for more information on CC's public domain tools.

Public domain content in practice is any content without copyright. It may be freed from restrictions by the legal copyright, or the copyright may lapse after a certain time.

The details in practice vary between countries. More information about public domain can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Wikipedia's article on the public domain].

== Appropedia's Public Domain Search ==

[http://appropedia.org/Appropedia%27s_Public_Domain_Search Appropedia's] Public Domain Search was started in late 2007 when it was discovered there was no effective public available. This operates on a completely different method to searches using the Creative Commons marks. It uses a manually maintained index of known sites to be public domain - thus it is does not yield 100% public results, and content must be checked to confirm public domain status. Reliability is expected to improve and feedback by users is encouraged.

As CC public domain tools become widely used, searches based on the CC marks would be expected to a take over from Appropedia's Public Domain Search [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Aim_and_Influence Creative Commons Aim and Influence]

== See also ==

* [[Cultivating the Public Domain]]
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Metadata

2013-07-31T09:07:38Z

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When you select a license from the [http://creativecommons.org/license Creative Commons License Chooser], you're provided with HTML to place in your page. That HTML contains [[ccREL|metadata]] which allows [http://www.planetsofts.com software] to understand that you've applied a license to your work.

== What is metadata? ==

'''Metadata''' is data about data. For example: title, creator, and licensing information. When you [http://creativecommons.org/license/ choose a license] on our website, you get back some metadata (licensing information) encoded in RDF.

== What is RDF? ==

'''RDF''' (Resource Description Framework) is a framework for metadata. The basic structure of RDF is very simple. There are three parts:

* the subject: a thing, identified by its URL
* the predicate: the type of metadata (like title or creator), also identified by a URL
* the object: the value of this type of metadata (like "The Story of My Life" or 'a person named "John Q. Public"')

Together, these make RDF statements, which are expressed in a language called RDF/XML.

== What is the Semantic Web? ==

The '''Semantic Web''' is the part of the Web available in RDF. The idea behind the concept of the Semantic Web is that when enough pages carry this machine-processable metadata, developers can build tools that take advantage of it.

Among other things, RDF helps different programs talk to each other, reducing the need for users to copy information by hand. Imagine a world where everything had embedded RDF: When buying a plane ticket, for example, you could drag your flight itinerary onto your calendar program to add it to your calendar. You could drag a friend's top-ten songs list onto your music player, and it could try and obtain the songs for you automatically.

RDF can also be used to create more powerful search engines. Right now the only type of question you can ask a search engine is "What pages have these words in them?" When pages include RDF metadata, you will be able to ask more advanced questions like "What's the current temperature in California?" Programs can also use this information, like an alarm clock program that also displayed the current weather or a collage-making program that only used photos with permission.

Finally, metadata can be aggregated across the whole Web. A program could download all the top-ten song lists and, with the help of a pricing guide in RDF, calculate the cost of buying the most popular albums.

Metadata holds a lot of promise, but it won't be useful until people start adding it to their pages. Creative Commons hopes to help promote metadata by making it very easy for people to add metadata to their pages.

== Why we have Creative Commons Metadata ==

In addition to making it easy for people to find the copyright licenses best for them, Creative Commons is working to provide simple RDF descriptions of these licenses. These descriptions will put the important points of the license in a way that makes it easy for machines to process and work from. Unlike Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, which tries to restrict use of digital works, Creative Commons is providing ways to encourage permitted sharing and reuse of works.

If you run a search engine, you might use license metadata to highlight public domain and generously-licensed works. If you write a public file sharing server, you might offer to search the user's hard drive for works that allow distribution. If you write a magazine, you might use a CC-enabled search engine to find pictures of candy bars that you can legally include.

By standardizing a way to describe this information and providing large quantities of RDF to build on, we hope to encourage new and innovative ways to develop the commons. Of course, this metadata only provides a first approximation of the license, for information use. Users are encouraged to read the full license to make sure it meets their expectations.

== CC REL Describes Creative Commons Metadata ==

Creative Commons metadata is described by the [[ccREL|Creative Commons Rights Expression Language]] (CC REL). You can also find information on specific [[:Category:Filetype|filetypes]] for embedding and reading metadata.

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Public domain

2013-07-31T08:25:01Z

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When a work is in the '''public domain''', it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright [http://www.colwell-law.com law]. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns or controls the material in any way.

Works that are in the public domain in one legal jurisdiction are not necessarily in the public domain worldwide. Copyright [http://courtreportingagency.com laws] differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, both in duration of protection and what constitutes copyrightable subject matter. For example [http://usa.gov/copyright.shtml a US Government work] clearly in the public domain in the United States may or may not be free of restrictions and in the public domain in other jurisdiction. At present, one of the only ways to be certain that a particular work is in the public domain worldwide is to see if the holder has dedicated all rights to the work to the public domain by using http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0

Creative Commons licenses do not affect the status of a work that is in the public domain under applicable law, because our licenses only apply to works that are protected by copyright. [http://www.windows8softwares.com For more information], see [[Before Licensing| our Licensing Guide]] to what you should know before you license a work using CC licenses

Find out more about [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain CC's public domain tools], and learn more about public domain.

== When does a work enter the public domain? ==

This varies by country[http://bedding-sets.exaviews.com/beach-bedding/ .] To see when a work in the [[United States]] enters the public domain see.[http://copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html gov'][http://www.windows8softwares.com s] public domain page.

Cornell University has also provided a handy table about copyright term and the public domain in the United States.

== Creative Commons public domain tools ==

* [[CC0]] (occasionally written as CC Zero) is a public domain dedication that allows [http://www.teamlaw.com copyright] holders to place works in the public domain to the extent legally possible, worldwide.
* CC's [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain Mark] allows anyone to mark a work that is already free of copyright restrictions around the world .

See http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain for more information on CC's public domain tools.

Public domain content in practice is any content without copyright. It may be freed from restrictions by the [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] copyright, or the copyright may lapse after a certain time.

The details in practice vary between countries. More information about public domain can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Wikipedia's article on the public domain].

== Appropedia's Public Domain Search ==

[http://appropedia.org/Appropedia%27s_Public_Domain_Search Appropedia's] Public Domain Search was started in late 2007 when it was discovered there was no effective public available. This operates on a completely different method to searches using the Creative Commons marks. It uses a manually maintained index of known sites to be public domain - thus it is does not yield 100% public results, and content must be checked to confirm public domain status. Reliability is expected to improve and feedback by users is encouraged.

As CC public domain tools become widely used, searches based on the CC marks would be expected to a take over from Appropedia's Public Domain Search [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Aim_and_Influence Creative Commons Aim and Influence]

== See also ==

* [[Cultivating the Public Domain]]
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| articles = Hr:Javno dobro, Pt:Domínio público, Ru:Общественное достояние
}}

[[Category:Public domain]]

Public domain

2013-07-31T08:22:44Z

Boetbre:

When a work is in the '''public domain''', it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright [http://www.colwell-law.com law]. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns or controls the material in any way.

Works that are in the public domain in one legal jurisdiction are not necessarily in the public domain worldwide. Copyright [http://courtreportingagency.com laws] differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, both in duration of protection and what constitutes copyrightable subject matter. For example [http://usa.gov/copyright.shtml a US Government work] clearly in the public domain in the United States may or may not be free of restrictions and in the public domain in other jurisdiction. At present, one of the only ways to be certain that a particular work is in the public domain worldwide is to see if the holder has dedicated all rights to the work to the public domain by using http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0

Creative Commons licenses do not affect the status of a work that is in the public domain under applicable law, because our licenses only apply to works that are protected by copyright. [http://www.windows8softwares.com For more information], see [[Before Licensing| our Licensing Guide]] to what you should know before you license a work using CC licenses

Find out more about [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain CC's public domain tools], and learn more about public domain.

== When does a work enter the public domain? ==

This varies by country[http://bedding-sets.exaviews.com/beach-bedding/ .] To see when a work in the [[United States]] enters the public domain see.[http://copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html gov's] public domain page.

Cornell University has also provided a handy table about copyright term and the public domain in the United States.

== Creative Commons public domain tools ==

* [[CC0]] (occasionally written as CC Zero) is a public domain dedication that allows [http://www.teamlaw.com copyright] holders to place works in the public domain to the extent legally possible, worldwide.
* CC's [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain Mark] allows anyone to mark a work that is already free of copyright restrictions around the world .

See http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain for more information on CC's public domain tools.

Public domain content in practice is any content without copyright. It may be freed from restrictions by the [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] copyright, or the copyright may lapse after a certain time.

The details in practice vary between countries. More information about public domain can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Wikipedia's article on the public domain].

== Appropedia's Public Domain Search ==

[http://appropedia.org/Appropedia%27s_Public_Domain_Search Appropedia's] Public Domain Search was started in late 2007 when it was discovered there was no effective public available. This operates on a completely different method to searches using the Creative Commons marks. It uses a manually maintained index of known sites to be public domain - thus it is does not yield 100% public results, and content must be checked to confirm public domain status. Reliability is expected to improve and feedback by users is encouraged.

As CC public domain tools become widely used, searches based on the CC marks would be expected to a take over from Appropedia's Public Domain Search [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Aim_and_Influence Creative Commons Aim and Influence]

== See also ==

* [[Cultivating the Public Domain]]
{{Translations
| articles = Hr:Javno dobro, Pt:Domínio público, Ru:Общественное достояние
}}

[[Category:Public domain]]

Public domain

2013-07-31T08:21:35Z

Boetbre:

When a work is in the '''public domain''', it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright [http://www.colwell-law.com law]. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns or controls the material in any way.

Works that are in the public domain in one legal jurisdiction are not necessarily in the public domain worldwide. Copyright [http://courtreportingagency.com laws] differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, both in duration of protection and what constitutes copyrightable subject matter. For example [http://usa.gov/copyright.shtml a US Government work] clearly in the public domain in the United States may or may not be free of restrictions and in the public domain in other jurisdiction. At present, one of the only ways to be certain that a particular work is in the public domain worldwide is to see if the holder has dedicated all rights to the work to the public domain by using http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0

Creative Commons licenses do not affect the status of a work that is in the public domain under applicable law, because our licenses only apply to works that are protected by copyright. [http://webmediavault.com For more information], see [[Before Licensing| our Licensing Guide]] to what you should know before you license a work using CC licenses

Find out more about [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain CC's public domain tools], and learn more about public domain.

== When does a work enter the public domain? ==

This varies by country[http://bedding-sets.exaviews.com/beach-bedding/ .] To see when a work in the [[United States]] enters the public domain see.[http://copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html gov's] public domain page.

Cornell University has also provided a handy table about copyright term and the public domain in the United States.

== Creative Commons public domain tools ==

* [[CC0]] (occasionally written as CC Zero) is a public domain dedication that allows [http://www.teamlaw.com copyright] holders to place works in the public domain to the extent legally possible, worldwide.
* CC's [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain Mark] allows anyone to mark a work that is already free of copyright restrictions around the world .

See http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain for more information on CC's public domain tools.

Public domain content in practice is any content without copyright. It may be freed from restrictions by the [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] copyright, or the copyright may lapse after a certain time.

The details in practice vary between countries. More information about public domain can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Wikipedia's article on the public domain].

== Appropedia's Public Domain Search ==

[http://appropedia.org/Appropedia%27s_Public_Domain_Search Appropedia's] Public Domain Search was started in late 2007 when it was discovered there was no effective public available. This operates on a completely different method to searches using the Creative Commons marks. It uses a manually maintained index of known sites to be public domain - thus it is does not yield 100% public results, and content must be checked to confirm public domain status. Reliability is expected to improve and feedback by users is encouraged.

As CC public domain tools become widely used, searches based on the CC marks would be expected to a take over from Appropedia's Public Domain Search [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Aim_and_Influence Creative Commons Aim and Influence]

== See also ==

* [[Cultivating the Public Domain]]
{{Translations
| articles = Hr:Javno dobro, Pt:Domínio público, Ru:Общественное достояние
}}

[[Category:Public domain]]

Public domain

2013-07-31T08:20:39Z

Boetbre:

When a work is in the '''public domain''', it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright [http://www.colwell-law.com law]. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns or controls the material in any way.

Works that are in the public domain in one legal jurisdiction are not necessarily in the public domain worldwide. Copyright [http://courtreportingagency.com laws] differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, both in duration of protection and what constitutes copyrightable subject matter. For example [http://usa.gov/copyright.shtml a US Government work] clearly in the public domain in the United States may or may not be free of restrictions and in the public domain in other jurisdiction. At present, one of the only ways to be certain that a particular work is in the public domain worldwide is to see if the holder has dedicated all rights to the work to the public domain by using http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0

Creative Commons licenses do not affect the status of a work that is in the public domain under applicable law, because our licenses only apply to works that are protected by copyright. [http://webmediavault.com For more information], see [[Before Licensing| our Licensing Guide]] to what you should know before you license a work using CC licenses

Find out more about [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain CC's public domain tools], and learn more about [http://itshumour.blogspot.com/2010/06/twenty-hilarious-funny-quotes.html funny] public domain.

== When does a work enter the public domain? ==

This varies by country[http://bedding-sets.exaviews.com/beach-bedding/ .] To see when a work in the [[United States]] enters the public domain see.[http://copyright.gov/pr/pdomain.html gov's] public domain page.

Cornell University has also provided a handy table about copyright term and the public domain in the United States.

== Creative Commons public domain tools ==

* [[CC0]] (occasionally written as CC Zero) is a public domain dedication that allows [http://www.teamlaw.com copyright] holders to place works in the public domain to the extent legally possible, worldwide.
* CC's [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain Mark] allows anyone to mark a work that is already free of copyright restrictions around the world .

See http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain for more information on CC's public domain tools.

Public domain content in practice is any content without copyright. It may be freed from restrictions by the [http://www.colwell-law.com legal] copyright, or the copyright may lapse after a certain time.

The details in practice vary between countries. More information about public domain can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Wikipedia's article on the public domain].

== Appropedia's Public Domain Search ==

[http://appropedia.org/Appropedia%27s_Public_Domain_Search Appropedia's] Public Domain Search was started in late 2007 when it was discovered there was no effective public available. This operates on a completely different method to searches using the Creative Commons marks. It uses a manually maintained index of known sites to be public domain - thus it is does not yield 100% public results, and content must be checked to confirm public domain status. Reliability is expected to improve and feedback by users is encouraged.

As CC public domain tools become widely used, searches based on the CC marks would be expected to a take over from Appropedia's Public Domain Search [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Aim_and_Influence Creative Commons Aim and Influence]

== See also ==

* [[Cultivating the Public Domain]]
{{Translations
| articles = Hr:Javno dobro, Pt:Domínio público, Ru:Общественное достояние
}}

[[Category:Public domain]]

CcHost FAQ

2013-07-08T23:11:53Z

Boetbre:

== Who is ccHost aimed at? ==
ccHost is a PHP library intended to be installed on web servers wishing to host CC licensed content, either by individuals or entire communities. ccHost music files, images, videos and zip archives. Extending the type of files hosts is done easily.

PHP or HTML programming is ''not'' required to set up a ccHost installation.

For all practical purposes, ccHost is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system CMS] specializing in CC licensing, 'remix' (revision) tracking and community features.

== Where is the FAQ for ccMixter.org? ==

It is located here http://ccmixter.org/media/viewfile/isitlegal.xml. There is much information at the aforementioned link which can help in answering your questions.

== How may I contribute? ==

There are so many ways to contribute to the development of ccHost. One of the best ways is by submittig bug reports and filing feature requests. Other ways to contribute are to contribute code (patches), to answer questions on the mailing list and on the chat channel. Doing any of these tasks drastically helps development.

== What is the goal of the ccHost Project? ==

Please see [[CcHost#Project_Goal]].

== Are ccHost and ccMixter the same thing? ==

ccMixter is one installation of the ccHost engine. ccHost can be installed for free by anyone onto a web server with Apache, mySQL and PHP and works both on Linux/Unix and windows servers.

ccMixter is the original concept for a site that would be like the "friendster for music." It has evolved much and eventually the decision was made to generalize the engine that powers ccMixter so that it could be used anywhere on multiple file formats.

== Does ccHost Cost anything? ==

No, it does not cost anything to download, install and use it.

== What file formats does ccHost support? ==

ccHost has a generalized architecture for many popular media types of formats.

=== Supported Formats ===

* [[AIFF]] Audio (aif)
* Java (AU) Audio
* [[FLAC]] Audio (flac)
* [[MIDI]] Audio (mid)
* [[MP3]] Audio (mp3)
* [[OGG]]/Vorbis Audio (ogg)
* Real Audio (rm)
* [[WAV]] (Riff) Audio (wav)
* Windows Media Audio (wma)
* [[ZIP]] Archive (zip)
* Windows Video (avi)
* Quicktime Video (mov)
* Real Video (rmvb)
* Windows Media Video (wmv)
* Windows BMP Image (bmp)
* [http://www.windows8softwares.com/ Windows 8] (xap)
* GIF Image (gif)
* JPG Image (jpg)
* PNG Image (png)
* Flash Video (swf)

== Please add your Question and Answer below! ==

...

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Case Studies/Strange Symphonies Blog

2013-07-08T23:04:26Z

Boetbre:

{{Case Study
|importance=Medium
|quality=B-Class
|Description=The ‘Strange Symphonies’ blog presents the writing of Aizat Faiz, a Malaysian free culture advocate working with FLOSS, free content, and open standards.
|Quote=It’s like making everyone a kid with scissors and glue, and letting them make their own collages from what is already out there.
|Quote_Attribution=[http://blog.aizatto.com/about/ Azait Faiz]
|Mainurl=http://blog.aizatto.com/
|Author=Aizat Faiz
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=FLOSS, software, blog
|License_short_name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
|Format=Text
|Country=Malaysia
}}
== Overview ==

Aizat Faiz is a self-proclaimed free culture advocate working with FLOSS, free content, and the development of open standards in Malaysia. An undergraduate student enroled in a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science at the Malaysian campus of Monash University, Aizat chronicles the effects which free culture and FLOSS has had on his education and employment. Aizat, aka ‘aizatto’, ‘zatto’ or the ‘Malaysian Free and Open Source Software junkie,’ maintains an interest in developing open standards, XHTML/HTML and the Open Document Format, in addition to programming using PHP and Ruby on Rails. He is a member of MyOSS, the [http://foss.org.my Free and Open Source Software Society of Malaysia], the Malaysia National Computer Confederation Open Document Format Special Interest Group, was rapporteur at the 7th AsiaOSS Symposium, and has had some involvement in the Malaysia-United States Free Trade Agreement. After spending a year studying at the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Aizat enroled at Monash University where he entered the [http://www.genting.com.my/rnd/2006/default.htm eGenting Programming Competition] in 2006, and won.

:‘As can be seen, the freedom to let me just take code online, read it, study it, remix it, hack it, has been extremely beneficial to me in terms of my education.’ (http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

Given his strong skills in software development, Aizat has been employed by the United Nations Development Program International Open Source Network to work on the DocBook and WikiBook conversions.

== License Usage ==

As a free culture advocate and programmer, Aizat lists numerous resources for FLOSS development on his blog, with [http://blog.aizatto.com/category/free-and-open-source-software/ posts] outlining the latest in programming as well as Asia-based events pertaining to open source initiatives. Many meetings consider FLOSS licensing and support plus provide broader overviews of software and services in business contexts.

The majority of content of the Strange Symphonies blog is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported licence. The site uses graphics from the [http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project Tango Desktop Project], which seeks to develop a consistent graphical user interface experience for free and open source software. Several of Aizat’s [http://blog.aizatto.com/resume/ presentations on FLOSS] released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic licence encompass introductions to GNU/Linux, the LAMP platform, Ruby on Rails, and privacy/anonymity with Tor. Specific [http://blog.aizatto.com/category/free-culture/creative-commons/ Strange Symphonies blog entries on Creative Commons] discuss advantages and disadvantages of licence information and various events held at Creative Commons Malaysia, such as the [http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/04/28/creative-commons-malaysia-photography-workshop-co-organized-by-lensa-malaysia/ photography workshop organised by Lensa Malaysia] in 2007.

‘This is not just about the software. Even leading institutions such as MIT are releasing their coursework under a Creative Commons license.’
(http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

== Motivations ==

Throughout his blog, Aizat celebrates the fact that free culture has given him the ability to ‘remix, to hack, to build upon, to enhance, to study, to learn off existing works.’ Taking the definition of ‘Free Cultural Works’ from http://freedomdefined.org/Definition, he emphasises these four key points:
*the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it;
*the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it;
*the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression; and
*the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works.

All of these, Aizat maintains, are beneficial to a person to let them learn on their own and experiment, as he has done throughout his studies and career, programming in C, OpenGL, SDL, Python and Ruby. Discussing his attachment to the [http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/ philosophy of free culture and open source] [http://www.windows8softwares.com software], Aizat provides a variety of answers to the question, ‘Why do you support open source technology?’ The one-line, non-philanthropic answer he provides is: ‘Because I have benefited from Free Culture, and I know that others can benefit as well.’ In response, his philanthropic answer is ‘Because it’s the right thing to do.’ Giving the background to his more detailed answer concerning free cultural works, Aizat discusses his education, community involvement, employment, and other gains, such as becoming familiar with legal concepts surrounding copyright, patents, DRM, and contract law.

:‘Want to bridge the digital divide? Want to help build local capacity? Want to build the local economy? I believe that Free Culture is the solution. May not be the end all solution, but it will help to play a large part.’ (http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

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Case Studies/Strange Symphonies Blog

2013-07-08T23:03:37Z

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{{Case Study
|importance=Medium
|quality=B-Class
|Description=The ‘Strange Symphonies’ blog presents the writing of Aizat Faiz, a Malaysian free culture advocate working with FLOSS, free content, and open standards.
|Quote=It’s like making everyone a kid with scissors and glue, and letting them make their own collages from what is already out there.
|Quote_Attribution=[http://blog.aizatto.com/about/ Azait Faiz]
|Mainurl=http://blog.aizatto.com/
|Author=Aizat Faiz
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=FLOSS, software, blog
|License_short_name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
|Format=Text
|Country=Malaysia
}}
== Overview ==

Aizat Faiz is a self-proclaimed free culture advocate working with FLOSS, free content, and the development of open standards in Malaysia. An undergraduate student enroled in a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science at the Malaysian campus of Monash University, Aizat chronicles the effects which free culture and FLOSS has had on his education and employment. Aizat, aka ‘aizatto’, ‘zatto’ or the ‘Malaysian Free and Open Source Software junkie,’ maintains an interest in developing open standards, XHTML/HTML and the Open Document Format, in addition to programming using PHP and Ruby on Rails. He is a member of MyOSS, the [http://foss.org.my Free and Open Source Software Society of Malaysia], the Malaysia National Computer Confederation Open Document Format Special Interest Group, was rapporteur at the 7th AsiaOSS Symposium, and has had some involvement in the Malaysia-United States Free Trade Agreement. After spending a year studying at the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Aizat enroled at Monash University where he entered the [http://www.genting.com.my/rnd/2006/default.htm eGenting Programming Competition] in 2006, and won.

:‘As can be seen, the freedom to let me just take code online, read it, study it, remix it, hack it, has been extremely beneficial to me in terms of my education.’ (http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

Given his strong skills in software development, Aizat has been employed by the United Nations Development Program International Open Source Network to work on the DocBook and WikiBook conversions.

== License Usage ==

As a free culture advocate and programmer, Aizat lists numerous resources for FLOSS development on his blog, with [http://blog.aizatto.com/category/free-and-open-source-software/ posts] outlining the latest in programming as well as Asia-based events pertaining to open source initiatives. Many meetings consider FLOSS licensing and support plus provide broader overviews of software and services in business contexts.

The majority of content of the Strange Symphonies blog is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported licence. The site uses graphics from the [http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project Tango Desktop Project], which seeks to develop a consistent graphical user interface experience for free and open source software. Several of Aizat’s [http://blog.aizatto.com/resume/ presentations on FLOSS] released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic licence encompass introductions to GNU/Linux, the LAMP platform, Ruby on Rails, and privacy/anonymity with Tor. Specific [http://blog.aizatto.com/category/free-culture/creative-commons/ Strange Symphonies blog entries on Creative Commons] discuss advantages and disadvantages of licence information and various events held at Creative Commons Malaysia, such as the [http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/04/28/creative-commons-malaysia-photography-workshop-co-organized-by-lensa-malaysia/ photography workshop organised by Lensa Malaysia] in 2007.

‘This is not just about the software. Even leading institutions such as MIT are releasing their coursework under a Creative Commons license.’
(http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

== Motivations ==

Throughout his blog, Aizat celebrates the fact that free culture has given him the ability to ‘remix, to hack, to build upon, to enhance, to study, to learn off existing works.’ Taking the definition of ‘Free Cultural Works’ from http://freedomdefined.org/Definition, he emphasises these four key points:
*the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it;
*the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it;
*the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression; and
*the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works.

All of these, Aizat maintains, are beneficial to a person to let them learn on their own and experiment, as he has done throughout his studies and career, programming in C, OpenGL, SDL, Python and Ruby. Discussing his attachment to the [http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/ philosophy of free culture and open source][http://www.windows8softwares.com software], Aizat provides a variety of answers to the question, ‘Why do you support open source technology?’ The one-line, non-philanthropic answer he provides is: ‘Because I have benefited from Free Culture, and I know that others can benefit as well.’ In response, his philanthropic answer is ‘Because it’s the right thing to do.’ Giving the background to his more detailed answer concerning free cultural works, Aizat discusses his education, community involvement, employment, and other gains, such as becoming familiar with legal concepts surrounding copyright, patents, DRM, and contract law.

:‘Want to bridge the digital divide? Want to help build local capacity? Want to build the local economy? I believe that Free Culture is the solution. May not be the end all solution, but it will help to play a large part.’ (http://blog.aizatto.com/2007/05/23/why-i-support-free-culture/)

== Media ==

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LiveContent 2 0

2013-07-08T22:57:41Z

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[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Developer Challenges]]
[[Category:Developer]]
[[Category:freesoftware]]
[[Category:opensource]]
[[Category:ccLiveCD]]
[[Category:LiveContent]]

{{Infobox|'''This project has been retired. The ISO of the DVD is available [http://www.archive.org/details/livecontent2.0 here].'''}}

{{Infobox|
'''LiveContent 2.0''' is a LiveDVD full of free and open source software and Creative Commons' licensed open content — audio, video, image, text and educational resources. LiveContent is a project for anyone to explore to learn more about about open content that can be freely used, copied, and built upon.

Help us identify more great CC-licensed content by adding suggestions [[#CC_Content|HERE]].
}}

==Goals==

#'''Daily build infrastructure'''
#'''Autocuration of Open Content'''
#'''Standardization of content feeds and APIs'''

LiveContent 2.0 works to address several technical issues surrounding our interaction with open content. First, 2.0 aims to develop, using the Fedora architecture, a daily build structure of the LiveContent LiveDVD. Second, 2.0 aims to generate "autocurated content." Autocurated content uses APIs and content feeds from open content providers and hosting organizations that can be used to pull down the most current, "live" open content. Third, 2.0 aims to provide a nudge to prompt more content curators to provide standardized open content feeds so that others can use this infrastructure for their own projects.

We believe that the LiveContent distro can provide a useful platform that allows users to test explore free and open content and test out free, open source software. The LiveContent distro provides information and documentation about Creative Commons, the FOSS movement, and demos to how users can take advantage of the media included to re-create, re-mix and re-share content.

==Technical Documentation==

* [[Autocurated_Packages|autocurated packaging of content; original brain dump]]
* [[Flickr_Autocuration|Flickr autocuration process for LiveContent 2.0]]

==Contents==

===Fedora 8 is the base architecture===
*keeping most applications from [[LiveContent_1_0 | v1.0]] as base (OpenOffice, Inkscape, The Gimp, Firefox, Totem, Evince, gThumb, Tuxpaint)

===CC Content===
==== Currently includes ====
* Flickr "interesting" photos
* Wikimedia Commons 2007 Pictures of the Year
* Jamendo music sampler
* Simuze.nl music sampler
* MIT OCW top 10 downloaded courses
* Assorted videos from BoingBoing, Make, TED, CC, FreeMe DVD
* CC licensed texts

==== Your ideas? ====
* Jamendo music selections
* ideas from OLPC content jam (education, books)
* Elephant Dream
* Podiobooks

==== General ideas ====

CC is working on developing a system to "autocurate" content from CC-friendly sites such as Flickr. In the future we want to be able to transform [[Content Directories]] into the base for LiveContent. We want to work with content curators to establish a standardized format for providing CC-licensed content feeds so that the "autocuration" part becomes much easier for everyone. Categories may include, but not limited to:
*Audio
*Video
*Text
*Image
*Educational resources
*marking--a README file generated with the autocuration process to mark the media with the appropriate CC license

==Screenshots==
[[Image:Lc-2.0-front.jpg|300px]]

Cover Art

<gallery>
Image:LC2.0_Desktop.jpg|LiveContent 2.0 Desktop
Image:LC2.0_Start_page.jpg|Informational pop-up
Image:LC2.0_Wikimedia_2007_photos_of_the_year.jpg|Wikimedia 2007 Photos of the Year
Image:LC2.0_Flickr_interesting_photos.jpg|Flickr Interesting Photos, autocurated
</gallery>

==Design Considerations==
* working on new color scheme for desktop
* will keep content icons the same as 1.0
* modified physical packaging to match new color scheme
* icons that match apps, renaming of things like openoffice
* GNOME accessibility for disabled?

==Start page==

'''Welcome to LiveContent 2.0'''
*Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/projects/livecontent LiveContent] is a project to showcase and spread the word about open content that you can freely use, copy, and build upon. The LiveContent disc is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveDistro LiveDVD] full of a sampling of and links to free and open source creativity software and Creative Commons' licensed free and open content — audio, video, image, and text — for anyone to explore. Please use this disc if you are interested in trying free media and possibly want to create your own with tools like OpenOffice.org, Inkscape, Gimp and more.

'''LiveContent Goals'''

1. ''Exploring and Creating with Open Content''

*Check out user-generated creative content like photos, music, and videos sourced from sites like Flickr, Jamendo, and Blip.tv. All the content available here is free and ready to copy, share, remix, and reuse. Click on the desktop icons to explore content within that category. All the content is licensed with one of our six main [http://creativecommons.org/about/license/ Creative Commons licenses]. Access the applications by clicking "Applications" in the menu at the lower left corner of the desktop. Plug in a thumb drive to save open content to it.

*[http://search.creativecommons.org/ Find More Creative Commons Content]

2. ''Developing Technical Standards''

*LiveContent 2.0 works to address technical issues surrounding our interaction with open content:
**Developing a daily LiveDVD build to be hosted at Fedora Project [http://spins.fedoraproject.org site]
**"Autocurating" Open Content feeds from sites like [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] and [http://www.jamendo.com Jamendo]
**Pushing to standardize APIs so that others can also easily interact with the content provided by CC-friendly content curators

3. ''Connecting and Participating''

*There are lots of exciting projects working to foster a sharing economy of information, creative media and open content. Help support projects to minimize barriers to sharing and reusing, and help build the open content base by adding your favorite CC-licensed-powered project to the [[Content Directories]] on the [http://wiki.creativecommons.org CC wiki].

*[http://sciencecommons.org/ Science Commons]
*[http://learn.creativecommons.org/ ccLearn]
*[http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]
*[http://www.opencontentalliance.org/ Open Content Alliance]
*[http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive]
*[http://www.openlibrary.org/ Open Library]
*[http://spreadopenmedia.org/ Spread Open Media]

'''What is Creative Commons?'''

*Creative Commons provides free tools that allow creators like authors, artists, scientists and educators share their work with the world. Creative Commons let you legally share, remix and reuse creativity!

*[http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#wwt Creative Commons explained - Video] | [http://creativecommons.org/about/ Learn More]

'''What is free, open source software (FOSS)?'''

*Free, open source software grants users the ability to freely run, copy, modify and share software with others. It's an important community that empowers innovation and creativity without the lock-in of proprietary software. The LiveContent disc is built on [http://www.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora], a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source [http://www.windows8softwares.com/ software]. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.

*[http://www.redhat.com/magazine/006apr05/features/licenses/ Open Source Software licenses explained - Video] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS Learn More]

'''Quitting out of LiveContent'''

*Quit out of LiveContent by clicking "System" from the menubar at the bottom of the desktop. Next, click "Shut Down" and choose whether to restart the computer into the default operating system or shut down.

'''Thank You to Supportive Collaborators!'''
*[http://www.worldlabel.com Worldlabel.com] has provided generous support for the development and distribution of this project.
*Technical infrastructure provided by [http://www.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora].

==Distribution Options==
*LiveContent 2.0 will be available for download at http://spins.fedoraproject.org
*LiveContent 2.0 will be available for purchase at http://www.on-disk.com
*CC will do a small run for internal promotion with option for larger run later
** have on hand to give out at conferences, meetings
** ccLearn
** distribute with other swag like buttons, stickers

==Community Involvement==

=== Share how you use LiveContent ===
* please add what you've used LC for here!

==Other Connections==
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ openclipart]
* [http://openfontlibrary.org/ openfontlibrary]
* [http://www.openlibrary.org/ openlibrary]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm opendocumenttemplates]
*[http://www.freedomtoaster.com/ Freedom Toaster]
**Freedom Toasters are conveniently located, self-contained, computer-based, 'Bring 'n Burn' facilities.
**Like vending machines, preloaded to dispense confectionery, Freedom Toasters are preloaded to dispense free digital products, including software, photography, music and literature.
**The Freedom Toaster project began as a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining Linux and Open Source software due to the restrictive telecommunications environment in South Africa, where the easy downloading of large pieces of software is just not possible for everyone.

*'''Add more ideas here!'''