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 understand the responsibilities they are undertaking, are dedicated to the project and are willing to cooperate with each other, CC, and CC's affiliates around the world.

The following roles will need to be assigned:

Legal Project Lead

Legal Project Lead is responsible for educating users of CC licenses about legal issues relating to the CC licenses and legal tools, advising CC on legal development affecting usability of CC's legal tools, research projects, translation and adaptation of FAQs for the jurisdiction, and other legally-focused activities. Please note that CC is no longer approving new porting projects due to the versioning of the licensing suite to 4.0. Legal Project Leads should have:

• professional legal credentials
• solid reputation among copyright and intellectual property experts
• enthusiasm for the project
• excellent understanding of the CC licenses
• willingness to adhere to the CC porting guidelines (when porting is permitted)
• ability to communicate in English

Public Project Lead

Public Project Lead is a spokesperson for the CC project in the jurisdiction

• strong network of collaborators
• experience with hosting and organizing events
• strategies for fundraising
• ability to communicate in English

Affiliate Institution

The Affiliate Institution is the official representative of the CC project in the jurisdiction

• 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

Next: Step II. Project Leads sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Creative Commons