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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/findingmaterial.pdf Finding Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition]) | * [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/findingmaterial.pdf Finding Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition]) | ||
* [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/attribution.pdf Attributing Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition]) | * [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/attribution.pdf Attributing Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition]) | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 18 June 2009
Welcome to the Creative Commons Documentation project!
This is a page for critical documentation about large scale CC specifications, recommendations, white papers, tutorials and other pieces that need to be written to explain various facets of Creative Commons across the board.
Join the community
- WIKI - Sign up for an account on this wiki and contribute
- CHAT - Channel #CC at http://irc.freenode.net - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC
- LIST - cc-community listserv - Creative Commons Community email list - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Mailing_Lists
Many ways to contribute
- Help us translate documents.
- Help us create new documents.
- Help us log CC press articles.
Top 5 Docs
These are in order of general relevance and promotion.
- What is Creative Commons? flyer (pdf) (scribd.com)
- What is Creative Commons? (pdf) (scribd.com)
- Sharing Creative Works Comics - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing
- Licensing and Marking Content (pdf) (scribd.com)
- Creative Commons Integration With Your Website (pdf) (scribd.com)
Contents
Creative Commons Explained
Documents that aim to explain CC and licensing.
About Creative Commons
- What is Creative Commons? flyer (pdf) (scribd.com)
- What is Creative Commons? (pdf) (scribd.com)
- What is Creative Commons? detailed (pdf) (created for the Pooling Ideas competition)
- Benefits of Creative Commons (pdf)
- Encouraging the Ecology of Creativity (pdf) (scribd.com)
Using the Creative Commons Licences
- How To License poster (pdf) (scribd.com)
- Creative Commons Licences Explained (pdf)
- Quick Guide to the Creative Commons Licences (pdf) (scribd.com)
- Creative Commons Licensing Flowchart (pdf) (scribd.com)
- Licensing and Marking Your Content (pdf) (scribd.com)
Using Creative Commons Content
- Finding Creative Commons Material (pdf) (created for the Pooling Ideas competition)
- Attributing Creative Commons Material (pdf) (created for the Pooling Ideas competition)
Multimedia
- Sharing Creative Works Comics - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing (scribd.com)
- CC Videos
- See the videos on blip.tv, dotsub, revver, or youtube.
- Video source files
- CC Comics
ccLearn
Organizational Media
- ccLearn Informational Flyer (pdf) (pdf - print w/.125" bleed) (Scribd)
ccLearn Productions
ccLearn Reports
- What status for open? An examination of the licensing policies of open educational organizations and projects (ccLearn site) (Scribd)
ccLearn Explanations
ccLearn Step by Step Guides
ccLearn Recommendations
- Increase Funding Impact (pdf - ccLearn site) (Scribd)
- Publishing Your Open Educational Resources on the Internet (pdf - ccLearn site) (Scribd)
Open Ed Outreach and Awareness Raising
- Working Slides
- Open Ed Talking Points (SlideShare)
- ccLearn General Messaging (SlideShare)
Creative Commons fact sheets for Educators
- What is Creative Commons? for educators
- How to Attribute Creative Commons Licensed Material for educators
- How to Find Creative Commons Licensed Material for educators
- A Quick Reference Guide to Finding Creative Commons Material for educators
External links
- Creative Commons Australia Education Infopack - including fact sheets, work sheets, videos and powerpoint slides
Developer
- Developer - Documentation for software developers.
FAQ
- FAQ - Important documentation of frequently asked CC questions.
Integration Best Practices
Legal
Mailing list archives
Marking
- Marking - How to properly mark various media with Creative Commons licenses.
- Metadata - an overview of Creative Commons metadata
- ccREL - describing license metadata in a machine readable way and attaching it to digital works
- Metadata Marking - technical background on machine-readable metadata
- Attributing Creative Commons Material
Metrics
- Metrics in progress to assess CC-license adoption
- License Statistics
- Statistics from the CC Monitor Project (pdf)
- Taking Stock of the CC Experiment (pdf)
- License Use Five Years On (pdf)
Projects
CC+
How do Creative Commons and Commercial entities work together to get artists and companies paid? CC+ is an effort to address that.
- CC+ press release (pdf) (scribd.com)
- CC+ Overview (pdf) | (scribd.com)
- CC+ Technical Implementation (pdf) (scribd.com)
- "How Creative Commons licenses can interact with commerce" video (blip.tv) (script)
CC0
- CC0 press release (pdf) (scribd.com)
Staff Contributions
- Explore CC conference participation.
- Explore CC staff publications.
- Explore staff presentations and slideshows online!
- Mike Linksvayer, Vice President
- Eric Steuer, Creative Director
- Nathan Yergler, CTO
- Jon Phillips, Community + Business Developer
Technical Documentation
- Embedded Metadata with XMP (pdf) (scribd.com)
White Papers
Help Translate Documents
Please help CC translate these documents into other languages. For the documents written in English already uploaded to this site, we've included the standardized 3-character language code, ISO 639-2. For example, the Web Integration PDF is labeled "Creativecommons-webintegration_eng.pdf". A Japanese translation of the same document would be labeled "Creativecommons-webintegration_jpn.pdf".
Available translations can be found at Translate/Documentation.
Help Create Documents!
How do you see CC? While these documents can exist on this wiki just fine and is a great way to get started, below is a package consisting of the Scribus document and files necessary to make documentation. Please post up any of your creations on this page!
- Information page framework — Scribus source
- Information page framework — InDesign source
Please help us complete these!
Teaching Creative Commons
How should you go about teaching Creative Commons ideas to a general audience?
Creative Commons in the classroom
Creative Commons Overview for your Company
An overview of Creative Commons for a company.
