License Versions

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The main CC licenses have been released in four versions: 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0. References to changes associated with each version will follow.

1.0

Initial version, released 2002-12-16. http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/3484

2.0

Released 2004-05-25. Changes explained at http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4216

2.5

Released 2005-06. Changes described at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5447 and http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5457

3.0

Released 2007-02-23. Version 3 explains the changes.

Future versions

Version 3.01 was discussed 2007-10, work will be folded into a future version, possibly a version 3.5, proposed 2007-12, possibly a version 4.0 over a longer time period (3.01 and 3.5 are not now in active discussion and there may never be CC licenses with those version numbers).