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[[Category:CcPublisher]]
[[Category:Developer]]
[[Category:opensource]]
[[Category:Technology]]

[[ccPublisher]] is Creative Commons's tool for generating license information for a file and optionally uploading it to the [http://archive.org Internet Archive] for free hosting.  ccPublisher also serves as a platform for development of other Creative Commons license-enabled tools.  Our most recent release is [[ccPublisher 2_2]].  

== Overview ==
* [[ccPublisher 2 Architecture]] Design documents for the ccPublisher 2.0 architecture (and P6 core).
* [[ccPublisher 2 Roadmap]] Target dates for releases and features to be included in each.
* [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/developer/doc/p6/current/ Autogenerated API documentation] (out of date)

== Development ==
* [[ccTools Berlios]] Source repository information
* [[CcPublisher Prerequisites|ccPublisher Prerequisites]] Dependencies needed for development work
* '''Developing ccPublisher'''
** [[Developing ccPublisher with Command Line Tools|using command-line tools]]
** [[Developing ccPublisher with Eclipse|with Eclipse]]
** [[Developing ccPublisher with Wing|with Wing]]
* [[Translating ccPublisher]] Information on translating ccPublisher into additional languages
* '''Customizing ccPublisher 2'''
** [[Customizing ccPublisher 2]] Creating new versions of ccPublisher that support different metadata sets or different backends.
** [[Extending ccPublisher]] Creating extensions to add functionality to ccPublisher
** [[Writing a Storage Provider]] Adding support for new upload repositories to ccPublisher 2 and P6-based applications
* [[CcPublisher Release Procedure|ccPublisher Release Procedure]] Information on creating releases and packages.

== References / Prior Art / Other Implementations ==

* [[Extensible Desktop Applications with Zope 3]] Nathan's presentation for PyCon 2006 and OSCON 2006.
* [http://www.itconversations.com/wikis/itc/pmwiki.php?n=Dev.CNUploader IT Conversations CN Uploader specs]

== Resources ==
* [http://roundup.creativecommons.org/ccpublisher/ ccPublisher Tracker] Bug reporting and feature request tracking
* [[Reporting Issues]] Information on submitting useful issue reports

= ccPublisher 1.x =

ccPublisher 2 is now at the point where it is more stable than ccPublisher 1.x.  We recommend using the latest release of [[CcPublisher|ccPublisher 2]].

* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=80503&atid=559966 Bug Tracker at SourceForge]
* [[ccPublisher 1x Hacking]] How to get started with the ccPublisher 1.x source code