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'''Welcome to the Creative Commons Documentation project!'''
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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.
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'''Join the community'''
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#'''WIKI''' - Sign up for an account on this wiki and contribute [https://login.creativecommons.org/register.php here]
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#'''CHAT''' - Channel #CC at http://irc.freenode.net - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC
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#'''LIST''' - cc-community listserv - Creative Commons Community email list - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Mailing_Lists
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'''Many ways to contribute'''
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#Help us [[Documentation#Help_Translate_Documents|translate documents]].
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#Help us [[#Help_Create_Documents.21|create new documents]].
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#Help us [[:Category:Press_Hit|log CC press articles]].
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'''Top 5 Docs'''
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''These are in order of general relevance and promotion.''
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# [[Media:Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons? flyer]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227788/creativecommonsinformationalflyereng scribd.com])
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# [[Media:Creativecommons-what-is-creative-commons_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons?]] (pdf)  ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227452/creativecommonswhatiscreativecommonseng scribd.com])
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# [[Sharing_Creative_Works|Sharing Creative Works Comics]] - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing
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# [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
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# [[Media:Creativecommons-integration-with-your-website_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Integration With Your Website]] (pdf)
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== Creative Commons Explained ==
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Documents that aim to explain CC and licensing.
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'''About Creative Commons'''
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons? flyer]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227788/creativecommonsinformationalflyereng scribd.com])
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** [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/assets/cc-info-flyer-final.zip InDesign source file]
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-what-is-creative-commons_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons?]] (pdf)  ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227452/creativecommonswhatiscreativecommonseng scribd.com])
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** [[Media:Cc-fullpage-promo-svg.zip|Inkscape SVG source files]] (zip)
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-encouraging-the-ecology-of-creativity_eng.pdf|Encouraging the Ecology of Creativity]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227443/creativecommonsencouragingtheecologyofcreativityeng scribd.com])
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** [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/assets/concept-paper-source.zip InDesign/Illustrator source files]
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* [[Media:Wipo_info_sheet_nov6.pdf|CC info sheet for WIPO]] (pdf)
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*[http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_commons_non_profit_organization About Creative Commons]
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'''Using the Creative Commons Licences'''
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-how-to-license-poster_eng.pdf|How To License poster]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227445/creativecommonshowtolicensepostereng scribd.com])
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/fact-sheets/what-are-the-creative-commons-licences-factsheet Quick Guide to the Creative Commons Licences] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/16536016/What-are-the-Creative-Commons-licences-factsheet scribd.com])
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** [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/factsheets/cc-licences-indesign-package.zip Indesign files]; [http://creativecommons.org.au/weblog/entry/244 full info]
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/content/licensing-flowchart.pdf Creative Commons Licensing Flowchart] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/16540395/Which-Creative-Commons-licence-is-right-for-me-poster scribd.com])
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Your Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
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'''Using Creative Commons Content'''
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/content/findingmaterial.pdf Finding Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition])
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/content/attributingccmaterials.pdf Attributing Creative Commons Material] (pdf) (created for the [http://creativecommons.org.au/poolingideas Pooling Ideas competition])
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/content/CC_Web_Resources.pdf Quick guide to Creative Commons resources] (pdf)
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'''Multimedia'''
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* [[Sharing_Creative_Works|Sharing Creative Works Comics]] - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227656/creativecommonssharingcreativeworkseng scribd.com])
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** [[Media:Sharingcreativeworks.zip|Inkscape SVG source files]] (zip)
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* [http://creativecommons.org/videos/ CC Videos]
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** [[Translate#Videos | Video source files]]
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* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Comics CC Comics]
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==Sector-specific Information==
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* '''For teachers''' - A [http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/educators-resources collection] of resources on finding and using Creative Commons specifically designed for teachers, including fact sheets, slideshows, videos and worksheets.
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* '''For citizen journalists''' - from CC Lebanon: 10 Legal Rules on social activism and copyright by Martin Wählisch:
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** [[Media:CopyrightLawLEB_EN.pdf| English]]  
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** [[Media:CopyrightLawLEB_AR.pdf| Arabic]]
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* '''For the public sector''' - [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-for-public-sector-information_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Licensing for the Public Sector]] (pdf)
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* '''Business models''' - [[Media:BusinessModelsforCreativeWorks.pdf|Business Models for Creative Works and Creative Commons Licensing]] (pdf)
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== Legal ==
  
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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.
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* [http://creativecommons.org/about/license/ License Your Work]
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* [[Considerations for licensors and licensees]]
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* [[Legal Concepts]]
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* [[Podcasting Legal Guide]]
  
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Eventually, this type of content will be moved to our main website, but for now, this is the incubator for this type of content.
 
  
 
== FAQ ==
 
== FAQ ==
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* [[FAQ]] - Important documentation of frequently asked CC questions. A must read !
  
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* [[FAQ]] - An important documentation of frequently asked questions.
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== CC Education/OER==
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* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/d/da/Cc-general.pdf What is CC?] - One Page (pdf)
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* The Open Education program at Creative Commons works to minimize barriers to universal access to education that are created by increasingly restrictive copyright laws and incompatible technologies. [http://creativecommons.org/education Learn more about CC Education and Open Educational Resources].
  
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== Marking ==
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==Technical Implementation==
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=== Developer ===
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* [[Developers]] - Documentation and information for software developers.
  
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=== Integration Best Practices ===
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* [[Web Integration]]
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** [[Media:Creativecommons-integration-with-your-website_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Integration With Your Website]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227446/creativecommonsintegrationwithyourwebsiteeng scribd.com])
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* [[Application Integration]]
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* [[Desktop Integration]]
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=== Marking ===
 
* [[Marking]] - How to properly mark various media with Creative Commons licenses.
 
* [[Marking]] - How to properly mark various media with Creative Commons licenses.
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** [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
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* [[Metadata]] - an overview of Creative Commons metadata - opening documentation.
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** [[ccREL]] - describing license metadata in a machine readable way and attaching it to digital works.
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** [[Marking_Works_Technical|Metadata Marking]] - technical background on machine-readable metadata.
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* [http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/attribution.pdf Attributing Creative Commons Material]
  
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== Metrics ==
  
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* [[Developer]] - There are various bits of documentation available for developers.
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* [[Metrics|Metrics in progress to assess CC-license adoption]]
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* [[License_statistics|License Statistics]]
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* [[Media:Statistics-from-the-CC-Monitor-project_eng.pdf|Statistics from the CC Monitor Project]] (pdf)
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* [[Media:Taking-stock-of-the-creative-commons-experiment_eng.pdf|Taking Stock of the CC Experiment]] (pdf)
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* [[Media:License-use-five-years-on_eng.pdf|License Use Five Years On]] (pdf)
  
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== Promotional ==
 
  
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Posters that aim to explain CC and licensing.
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== Staff Contributions ==
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* Explore [[:Category:Presentation|CC conference participation]].
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* Explore staff presentations and slideshows online!
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** [http://www.slideshare.net/ericcc/slideshows Eric Steuer], Creative Director
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** Jon Phillips, Community + Business Developer
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*** [http://www.slideshare.net/rejon/ Slideshare Slides]
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*** [http://www.scribd.com/people/view/3525-jon-phillips Scribd Docs and Slides]
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** [http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates Jessica Coates], Global Network Manager
  
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* [[Image:Cc-fullpage-promo-1.pdf]] — ''What is CC?'' (pdf)
 
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* [[Image:Cc-fullpage-promo-2.pdf]] — ''How to license'' (pdf)
 
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* [[Image:Cc-fullpage-promo-svg.zip]] — Inkscape SVG source files (zip)
 
  
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== Podcasting Legal Guide ==
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== Mailing list archives ==
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* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/ cc-community]
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* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/ cc-licenses]
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* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-devel/ cc-devel]
  
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* [[Podcasting Legal Guide|Read it now]]
 
  
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== CC+ ==
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== Technical Documentation ==
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* [[Media:Creativecommons-embedded-metadata-with-xmp_eng.pdf|Embedded Metadata with XMP]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227441/creativecommonsembeddedmetadatawithxmpeng scribd.com])
  
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How does Creative Commons and Commercial entities work together to get artists and companies paid.
 
  
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* [[CCPlus|CC+]] is the home for this effort. It will be lauched soon!
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== Help Translate Documents ==
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** [[Image:Ccplus-general.pdf]] - CC and CC+ Overview for the World Wide Web (pdf)
 
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** [[Image:Ccplus-technical.pdf]] - CC+ Technical Implementation for the World Wide Web (pdf)
 
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** [http://blip.tv/file/464274 CC+ video explanation from Blip.tv]
 
  
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== XMP ==
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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, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes 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".
  
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Available translations can be found at [[Translate/Documentation]].
  
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== Best Practices ==
 
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This is a [[Category:Best_Practice|category of documents on this wiki]] for outlining best practices in different domains including the often used [[Media Hosting Best Practice]].
 
  
 
== Help Create Documents ==
 
== Help Create Documents ==
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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!
  
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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!
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*[[Media:Cc-general-open.zip|Information page framework]] — Scribus source
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*[[Media:Cc-info-doc-layout.zip|Information page framework]] — InDesign source
  
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=== Teaching Creative Commons ===
 
=== Teaching Creative Commons ===
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=== Creative Commons Overview for your Company ===
 
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=== Creative Commons + Open CourseWare Legal Guide ===
 
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 21 October 2019

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

  1. WIKI - Sign up for an account on this wiki and contribute here
  2. CHAT - Channel #CC at http://irc.freenode.net - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC
  3. LIST - cc-community listserv - Creative Commons Community email list - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Mailing_Lists

Many ways to contribute

  1. Help us translate documents.
  2. Help us create new documents.
  3. Help us log CC press articles.

Top 5 Docs

These are in order of general relevance and promotion.

  1. What is Creative Commons? flyer (pdf) (scribd.com)
  2. What is Creative Commons? (pdf) (scribd.com)
  3. Sharing Creative Works Comics - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing
  4. Licensing and Marking Content (pdf) (scribd.com)
  5. Creative Commons Integration With Your Website (pdf)


Creative Commons Explained

Documents that aim to explain CC and licensing.

About Creative Commons

Using the Creative Commons Licences

Using Creative Commons Content

Multimedia


Sector-specific Information

Legal


FAQ

  • FAQ - Important documentation of frequently asked CC questions. A must read !

CC Education/OER

Technical Implementation

Developer

  • Developers - Documentation and information for software developers.

Integration Best Practices

Marking

Metrics


Staff Contributions


Mailing list archives


Technical Documentation


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!

Please help us complete these, to make our wiki as informative as possible !

Teaching Creative Commons

How should you go about teaching Creative Commons ideas to a general audience?

CC Denmark has made a section "CC i undervisningen" (CC in education) containing video tutorials, pdf guides and other resources for teachers. [1](In Danish)

Creative Commons in the classroom

Creative Commons Overview for your Company

An overview of Creative Commons for a company.

Creative Commons + Open CourseWare Legal Guide

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