Creative Commons - User contributions [en]

FFAQ

2008-08-17T11:28:11Z

Nuvola: /* Can I license software using CC licenses? */

=== Abbreviated FAQ (a.k.a. Frequently Frequently Asked Questions) ===

'''NOTE:''' this is not the entire FAQ, but rather a condensed version that aims to answer in a very clear and concise manner the most common questions people have about Creative Commons. If you don't find the answer to your question here, please see '''[[Frequently_Asked_Questions | the full FAQ]]'''.

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1. [[#Can_CC_give_legal_advice_about_its_licenses_or_help_with_CC_license_enforcement.3F | Can CC give legal advice about its licenses or help with CC license enforcement?]]

2. [[#Is_use_X_a_violation_of_the_Noncommercial_clause_of_the_licenses.3F | Is use X a violation of the Noncommercial clause of the licenses?]]

3. [[#Does_my_use_constitute_a_derivative_work_or_an_adaptation.3F | Does my use constitute a derivative work or an adaptation?]]

4. [[#Can_CC_give_me_permission_to_use_a_CC-licensed_work_that_I_found.3F | Can CC give me permission to use a CC-licensed work that I found?]]

5. [[#CC_licenses_haven.27t_been_ported_to_my_jurisdiction_.28country.29._What_can_I_do.3F | CC licenses haven't been ported to my jurisdiction (country). What can I do?]]

6. [[#Can_I_license_software_using_CC_licenses.3F | Can I license software using CC licenses?]]

7. [[#How_do_I_change/remove_the_CC_search_option_built_into_the_Firefox_browser.3F | How do I change the CC search option built into the Firefox browser?]]

== Can CC give legal advice about its licenses or help with CC license enforcement? ==

No. We are not permitted to provide legal advice or legal services to assist anyone with enforcing Creative Commons licenses. We are not a law firm. We're much like a legal self-help site that offers free form-based legal documents for you to use however you see fit.

However, if you are based in the US, you may be able to find a suitably qualified volunteer lawyer in your area from [http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts].

== Is use ''X'' a violation of the Noncommercial clause of the licenses? ==

Depends. Determining what does and doesn't constitute commercial use is not easy. We are aware of the complications related to drawing a line between commercial and noncommercial use and are working to clarify the issue to some extent.

If you are really in doubt about whether a particular use infringes on a noncommercial license, we recommend that you use works that are explicitly licensed for commercial use (for example, material under our BY, BY-SA, and BY-ND licenses), or approaching the licensor directly to see if you can reach a commercial use agreement.

To help us clarify the commercial/noncommercial divide, please read [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/DiscussionDraftNonCommercial_Guidelines Draft NonCommercial Guidelines] and leave your comments on the discussion page.

== Does my use constitute a derivative work or an adaptation?==

It depends. A derivative work is a work that is based on another work but is not an exact, verbatim copy. What this precisely means is a difficult legal question. In general, a translation from one language to another or a film version of a book are examples of derivative works. Under Creative Commons’ core licenses, syncing music in timed-relation with a moving image is also considered to be a derivative work.

All Creative Commons licenses allow the user to exercise the rights permitted under the license in any format or media. This means, for example, that under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported] license you can copy the work from a digital file to a print file, as long as you do so in a manner that is consistent with the terms of that license.

== Can CC give me permission to use a CC-licensed work that I found?==

No. Creative Commons licenses are offered free of charge to the public. There is no registration required to use a CC license, nor do we attempt to maintain any type of registry. We generally have no direct knowledge of who is using the licenses or even for what (though we do have some indirect knowledge of usage via various search engines). We have no way of contacting the authors of CC-licensed works, nor do we offer any rights clearing services.

== CC licenses haven't been ported to my jurisdiction (country). What can I do?==

Every CC license is intended to be effective on a worldwide basis, whether "ported" to a specific jurisdiction or not. If the licenses have not yet been ported to your jurisdiction, we recommend that you simply use the Unported versions of our licenses. CC's Unported licenses were created using standard terms from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works] and other international treaties related to copyright and intellectual property.

If you would like to help adapt the licenses to your jurisdiction, you might consider collaborating with us on the license porting process: [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/International_Overview International Overview The Porting Process]. If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact Creative Commons International: [mailto:info@creativecommons.org info@creativecommons.org].

== Can I license software using CC licenses of licenses domine: http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it ==

We do not recommend it. Creative Commons licenses should not be used for software. We strongly encourage you to use one of the very good software licenses which are already available. We recommend considering licenses made available by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] or listed at the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Initiative]http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it. Unlike our licenses, which do not make mention of source or object code, these existing licenses were designed specifically for use with software.

Creative Commons has “wrapped” some free software/open source licenses with a human-readable "Commons Deed" and machine-readable metadata. You may use these "wrapped" software licenses to take advantage of the Creative Commons human-readable document as well as the machine-readable metadata while still licensing your work under an established software license. It is important to note that CC has not altered these software licenses in any way, but has simply bundled human- and machine-readable explanations of the licenses along with the original license text http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it. Examples: [http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-gpl/ GNU GPL http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it ], [http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-lgpl/ GNU LGPL http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it ], [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BSD/ BSD http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it].

== How do I change/remove the CC search option built into the Firefox browser?==

Mozilla has included Creative Commons in Firefox's search function along with search options for Google, Amazon, and other popular sites. [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features.html See Mozilla features.]
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
If you want to remove a particular search option, click on the logo that appears in the search box (the CC logo, or the Google logo, for example). You will see a pull down menu that allows you to use your mouse to select a different search provider. Choosing "Manage search engines" allows you to add or remove search engines of your choice, such as Flickr and Wikipedia.

To switch between search providers through the keyboard, start by clicking inside the search box, then hold down the Ctrl key (or the Apple/Command key on a Mac) and press the up arrow a few times. You should see the Google logo. To change to other providers, you can press Ctrl (or Apple) + down.
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More information [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Firefox_and_CC_Search on the Firefox search is available on our wiki.]
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it

FFAQ

2008-08-17T11:21:45Z

Nuvola: /* How do I change/remove the CC search option built into the Firefox browser? */

=== Abbreviated FAQ (a.k.a. Frequently Frequently Asked Questions) ===

'''NOTE:''' this is not the entire FAQ, but rather a condensed version that aims to answer in a very clear and concise manner the most common questions people have about Creative Commons. If you don't find the answer to your question here, please see '''[[Frequently_Asked_Questions | the full FAQ]]'''.

__NOTOC__
1. [[#Can_CC_give_legal_advice_about_its_licenses_or_help_with_CC_license_enforcement.3F | Can CC give legal advice about its licenses or help with CC license enforcement?]]

2. [[#Is_use_X_a_violation_of_the_Noncommercial_clause_of_the_licenses.3F | Is use X a violation of the Noncommercial clause of the licenses?]]

3. [[#Does_my_use_constitute_a_derivative_work_or_an_adaptation.3F | Does my use constitute a derivative work or an adaptation?]]

4. [[#Can_CC_give_me_permission_to_use_a_CC-licensed_work_that_I_found.3F | Can CC give me permission to use a CC-licensed work that I found?]]

5. [[#CC_licenses_haven.27t_been_ported_to_my_jurisdiction_.28country.29._What_can_I_do.3F | CC licenses haven't been ported to my jurisdiction (country). What can I do?]]

6. [[#Can_I_license_software_using_CC_licenses.3F | Can I license software using CC licenses?]]

7. [[#How_do_I_change/remove_the_CC_search_option_built_into_the_Firefox_browser.3F | How do I change the CC search option built into the Firefox browser?]]

== Can CC give legal advice about its licenses or help with CC license enforcement? ==

No. We are not permitted to provide legal advice or legal services to assist anyone with enforcing Creative Commons licenses. We are not a law firm. We're much like a legal self-help site that offers free form-based legal documents for you to use however you see fit.

However, if you are based in the US, you may be able to find a suitably qualified volunteer lawyer in your area from [http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts].

== Is use ''X'' a violation of the Noncommercial clause of the licenses? ==

Depends. Determining what does and doesn't constitute commercial use is not easy. We are aware of the complications related to drawing a line between commercial and noncommercial use and are working to clarify the issue to some extent.

If you are really in doubt about whether a particular use infringes on a noncommercial license, we recommend that you use works that are explicitly licensed for commercial use (for example, material under our BY, BY-SA, and BY-ND licenses), or approaching the licensor directly to see if you can reach a commercial use agreement.

To help us clarify the commercial/noncommercial divide, please read [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/DiscussionDraftNonCommercial_Guidelines Draft NonCommercial Guidelines] and leave your comments on the discussion page.

== Does my use constitute a derivative work or an adaptation?==

It depends. A derivative work is a work that is based on another work but is not an exact, verbatim copy. What this precisely means is a difficult legal question. In general, a translation from one language to another or a film version of a book are examples of derivative works. Under Creative Commons’ core licenses, syncing music in timed-relation with a moving image is also considered to be a derivative work.

All Creative Commons licenses allow the user to exercise the rights permitted under the license in any format or media. This means, for example, that under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported] license you can copy the work from a digital file to a print file, as long as you do so in a manner that is consistent with the terms of that license.

== Can CC give me permission to use a CC-licensed work that I found?==

No. Creative Commons licenses are offered free of charge to the public. There is no registration required to use a CC license, nor do we attempt to maintain any type of registry. We generally have no direct knowledge of who is using the licenses or even for what (though we do have some indirect knowledge of usage via various search engines). We have no way of contacting the authors of CC-licensed works, nor do we offer any rights clearing services.

== CC licenses haven't been ported to my jurisdiction (country). What can I do?==

Every CC license is intended to be effective on a worldwide basis, whether "ported" to a specific jurisdiction or not. If the licenses have not yet been ported to your jurisdiction, we recommend that you simply use the Unported versions of our licenses. CC's Unported licenses were created using standard terms from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works] and other international treaties related to copyright and intellectual property.

If you would like to help adapt the licenses to your jurisdiction, you might consider collaborating with us on the license porting process: [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/International_Overview International Overview The Porting Process]. If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact Creative Commons International: [mailto:info@creativecommons.org info@creativecommons.org].

== Can I license software using CC licenses?==

We do not recommend it. Creative Commons licenses should not be used for software. We strongly encourage you to use one of the very good software licenses which are already available. We recommend considering licenses made available by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] or listed at the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Initiative]. Unlike our licenses, which do not make mention of source or object code, these existing licenses were designed specifically for use with software.

Creative Commons has “wrapped” some free software/open source licenses with a human-readable "Commons Deed" and machine-readable metadata. You may use these "wrapped" software licenses to take advantage of the Creative Commons human-readable document as well as the machine-readable metadata while still licensing your work under an established software license. It is important to note that CC has not altered these software licenses in any way, but has simply bundled human- and machine-readable explanations of the licenses along with the original license text. Examples: [http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-gpl/ GNU GPL], [http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-lgpl/ GNU LGPL], [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BSD/ BSD].

== How do I change/remove the CC search option built into the Firefox browser?==

Mozilla has included Creative Commons in Firefox's search function along with search options for Google, Amazon, and other popular sites. [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features.html See Mozilla features.]
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
If you want to remove a particular search option, click on the logo that appears in the search box (the CC logo, or the Google logo, for example). You will see a pull down menu that allows you to use your mouse to select a different search provider. Choosing "Manage search engines" allows you to add or remove search engines of your choice, such as Flickr and Wikipedia.

To switch between search providers through the keyboard, start by clicking inside the search box, then hold down the Ctrl key (or the Apple/Command key on a Mac) and press the up arrow a few times. You should see the Google logo. To change to other providers, you can press Ctrl (or Apple) + down.
'''
More information [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Firefox_and_CC_Search on the Firefox search is available on our wiki.]
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it

Special:Badtitle/NS102:Mainurl

2008-08-17T11:15:46Z

Nuvola: /* Do I just put any old url? */

'''[[:Category:Organization | ODEPO Home]]''' :: '''[[:Category:Organization/FAQ | ODEPO FAQ]]'''
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See all [[#Organizations and their Main url's | Organizations and their Main url's]].

=== Do I just put any old url? ===
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
No. You want to point to the home page of a project, program, or educational organization. In the case of an organization, the main url is the url of the organization in which the resource(s) is housed. For example, the main url for the Open Society Institute is: http://www.soros.org/, even if the site you stumbled across initially was http://www.soros.org/resources. In this case, you can put the latter into the [[Property:Resource URL | Resource url]] field, since this url takes you directly to some of the resources on the site.
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.org/resources. In this case, you can put the latter into the [[Property:Resource URL |Resource
url]] field, since this url takes you directly to some of the resources on the site.

In the case of a project or program, or a specific set of resources offered by a larger and not necessarily educational organization, you should link directly to its page. For example, because NASA has various projects associated with it, we linked to the project url's and not to NASA's home page. Since NASA hosts hundreds of projects and resources, it is pointless to put
http://www.nasa.gov as the main url of all of them.
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it as the main erl of all of them.
http://www.fernandezvincenzo.gov as the main erl of all of them.
When in doubt, it is better off to identify the specific project at hand, since you always include the overarching organization in the title anyway.

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==Event Form Help:==

Use the most specific web address available. For instance, if the event you're linking to is a panel on open education and that panel is being held at a general education conference, it would be best to link to a web page detailing the specific panel rather than the conference as a whole. If there is only a generalized conference page available, that would be OK too. As a general rule: the more specific you can get, the better.

This is a property of type [[has type::Type:URL|URL]]

== Organizations and their Main url's ==
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it

Special:Badtitle/NS102:Mainurl

2008-08-17T11:02:04Z

Nuvola: /* Organizations and their Main url's */

'''[[:Category:Organization | ODEPO Home]]''' :: '''[[:Category:Organization/FAQ | ODEPO FAQ]]'''
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See all [[#Organizations and their Main url's | Organizations and their Main url's]].

=== Do I just put any old url? ===

No. You want to point to the home page of a project, program, or educational organization. In the case of an organization, the main url is the url of the organization in which the resource(s) is housed. For example, the main url for the Open Society Institute is: http://www.soros.org/, even if the site you stumbled across initially was http://www.soros.org/resources. In this case, you can put the latter into the [[Property:Resource URL | Resource url]] field, since this url takes you directly to some of the resources on the site.

In the case of a project or program, or a specific set of resources offered by a larger and not necessarily educational organization, you should link directly to its page. For example, because NASA has various projects associated with it, we linked to the project url's and not to NASA's home page. Since NASA hosts hundreds of projects and resources, it is pointless to put http://www.nasa.gov as the main url of all of them.

When in doubt, it is better off to identify the specific project at hand, since you always include the overarching organization in the title anyway.

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==Event Form Help:==

Use the most specific web address available. For instance, if the event you're linking to is a panel on open education and that panel is being held at a general education conference, it would be best to link to a web page detailing the specific panel rather than the conference as a whole. If there is only a generalized conference page available, that would be OK too. As a general rule: the more specific you can get, the better.

This is a property of type [[has type::Type:URL|URL]]

== Organizations and their Main url's ==
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it

Team is formed

2008-08-17T10:53:08Z

Nuvola: /* Building a Team */

Back: [[Worldwide Overview]]

=Building a Team=

To begin the process of porting the licenses to a new jurisdiction, a team of committed people within that jurisdiction must be identified. It is important that the team members are dedicated to the project and are willing to cooperate with each other, CCi, and other affiliates around the world.

The following roles will need to be assigned:

==Legal Project Lead==

Legal Project Lead is responsible for drafting the CC licenses in their jurisdiction
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
* professional legal credentials
* reputation among copyright and intellectual property experts
* enthusiasm for project
* willingness to work within the CCi guidelines
* ability to communicate in English

==Public Project Lead==
Public Project Lead is a spokesperson for the CC Project in their jurisdiction
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
* strong network of collaborators
* experience with hosting and organizing events
* strategies for fundraising
* willingness to work within the CCi guidelines
* ability to communicate in English

==Affiliate Institution==

The Affiliate Institution officially houses the CC project in their jurisdiction
*http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it
* locally run, owned, and managed
* mandate of host institution and potential for independence of CC project
* copyright/internet law expertise
* professional network, prestige
* willingness to collaborate
* capacity

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Next: Step II. [[Project Leads sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Creative Commons]http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it]

Project Leads sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Creative Commons

2008-08-17T10:48:36Z

Nuvola: /* Memorandum of Understanding */

Back to [[Worldwide Overview]] >> Step I. [[Affiliate Institution and Legal and/or Public Project Leads are chosen]]

=Memorandum of Understanding=http://www.fernandezvincenzo.it

Once the Project Lead(s) and an Affiliate Institution have been identified, please email CCi with the names and contact information of the proposed team members. This information should also include formal titles, institutional positions, email addresses and any appropriate URLs.

CCi will prepare an MOU to be signed by the project leads and a representative from the affiliate institution. The purpose of the MOU is for the jurisdiction project and CC to agree upon several policies and expectations regarding their collaboration and the license porting.

[[Media:CCiMOU.pdf | Template for Memorandum of Understanding (PDF)]]

Please return the signed MOU first electronically followed by two originals in the mail to Gipsstrasse 12, 10119 Berlin Germany. CCi will then sign and return one original to you.

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Next: Step III. [[Internal administration and Timeline]]