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<div style="font-size:125%; line-height:1.75em; margin-bottom:1.75em;"><strong>Welcome to the CC Developer Community!</strong> The CC Developer Community is the place to find all about the various software and technical projects that happen within Creative Commons, and the larger CC community.  All of the projects developed at Creative Commons are open source software, and just like most open source projects, outside involvement is key to its success.  Be sure to [[Special:Userlogin|create a wiki account]] or [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Special:OpenIDLogin login with OpenID] so you can add to this wiki and help it grow.
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'''Welcome to the CC Developer Community!''' This is where you'll find all
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about the technologies and software products that CC uses to push
There are many ways of interacting with the CC Developer Community, pick your point of entry below:
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forward our mission to maximize digital creativity, sharing, and
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innovation.
  
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== Get Involved ==
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=== Integrate CC license data into applications ===
 
[[Integrate|Integrating CC license data]] into desktop or web-based applications provides  users huge benefits: they get to decide how their work is licensed from the start.
 
* I want to do this for '''[[Desktop Integration|desktop applications]]'''
 
* I want to do this for '''[[Web Integration|web applications]]'''
 
  
=== Translate ===
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All of the projects developed at Creative Commons are open source
There are many opportunities to help the Creative Commons community with translations. Check out the [[Translate]] page for an overview.
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software, and just like most open source projects, outside involvement
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is key to its success. But you don't have to be a software developer
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to join us--we'd love to have you in the discussion if you're a user
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researcher, designer, translator, or just interested in the topic.
  
=== Join the Discussion ===
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; E-mail
The Developer Community is more than the sum of software written, it is also the conversations that the community has; what is important, what to do next, how to improve the old.
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: Join our [http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel mailing list]
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; IRC
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: Chat with us real-time on [irc://irc.freenode.net/cc irc] (Freenode, #cc)
  
* '''[[Mailing Lists|Mailing Lists]]'''
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Coming soon: public team meetings, and other ways to engage.
** [http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel cc-devel] is the primary developer mailing list.
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* '''[[IRC]]'''
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== Core Tools and Technologies ==
** #cc on the Freenode IRC network.
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* '''[http://code.creativecommons.org/issues/ Issue Trac][http://itshumour.blogspot.com/2010/06/twenty-hilarious-funny-quotes.html ki][http://www.goodsgarden.com/gold_game_36.html ng]'''
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; [[RDFa]]
** See what we're working on.
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: Standard for adding machine-readable statements to web pages.
* '''[http://labs.creativecommons.org Blog]'''
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; [[CcREL]]
** CC Labs, our technology blog.
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: Language for adding licensing information to web pages.
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; [[LRMI]]
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: Language for describing educational resources on the web.
=== Participate in Developer Challenges ===
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; [[Liblicense]]
[[Developer Challenges|Creative Commons Developer Challenges]] are a great way of joining the community and producing software that others have already expressed interest in using!
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: Library for embedding licensing metadata into files of various formats. (note: now somewhat out of date!)
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== Projects ==
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; Google Summer of Code
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: Check out the [[Summer of Code 2013|GSoC 2013]] page for ideas and more.
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; Localization
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: Check out the [[Translate]] page for ways to help the Creative Commons community with translations.
  
==== Developer Challenges currently open (first 15): ====
 
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[[Category:Challenge]] [[Has Challenge Type::Developer]] [[Is Complete::false]]
 
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Revision as of 00:26, 12 April 2013

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 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 mailing list
IRC
Chat with us real-time on irc (Freenode, #cc)

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

Core Tools and Technologies

RDFa
Standard for adding machine-readable statements to web pages.
CcREL
Language for adding licensing 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!)

Projects

Google Summer of Code
Check out the GSoC 2013 page for ideas and more.
Localization
Check out the Translate page for ways to help the Creative Commons community with translations.