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= Welcome =
 
 
 
Welcome to the homepage for all things Software Development at Creative Commons.  We hope to build a community of developers interested in the development of tools to facilitate Creative Commons' licenses and standards.
 
 
 
= Get Involved =
 
Getting involved with the Creative Commons Develoer Community is easy!  Here are some examples of things you can work on:
 
 
 
* Join the Community! - See the [[Mailing Lists|mailing lists]], [[IRC|IRC channel]], and learn about [[Open Source|CC + Open Source]].
 
* Try your hand at some [[Developer Challenges|Developer Challenges]]!
 
* [http://translate.creativecommons.org Translate] projects into different languages.
 
* Participate in the [[Summer of Code]] program.
 
* [[Maximize Software Distribution|Maximizing software distribution]] by targeting distros, PR, etc.
 
 
 
= Projects =
 
 
 
The Creative Commons Development Community actively develops the following software projects:
 
 
 
* [[liblicense]] - An abstract library for reading and writing license meta-data.
 
* [[License tagger]] - A small cross-platform application which implements liblicense.
 
* [[LicenseChooser.js]] - provides a lightweight method for integrating license selection into web applications.
 
* [[ccHost]] - The software which powers [[ccMixter]].
 
* [[Translator]] - http://translate.creativecommons.org/
 
* [[ccLookup]]
 
* [[Command Line Tools]]
 
* [[ccNutch]]
 
* [[ccTeamspace]], a task and project tracking system
 
* [[ccPublisher]] (not maintained any more)
 
 
 
Also see the [[:Category:Tools|Tools Category Index]] for links to additional projects.  Code for our projects is hosted at [http://code.creativecommons.org code.creativecommons.org] or [[CcTools Berlios|Berlios.de]]; see the [[Source Repository Policy]] for information on contributing code or starting a new project.  See the [[Source Repository Information]] page for general information about the available modules and how to check them out from source control.
 
 
 
== Supporting Projects ==
 
 
 
We also maintain several library projects which are reused in some of our applications:
 
 
 
* [[License Wrappers]] language-specific wrappers for representing and manipulating license information
 
* [[Creative Commons Web Services]]
 
* [[Web Services Client Implementations]]
 
* [[pyArchive]]
 
* [[Ajax License Chooser]]
 
* [[libfeedback]]
 
 
 
= Community Goals =
 
 
 
* Build a strong and supportive community of developers
 
* Support Creative Commons Developer Community Projects
 
* Build infrastructure around Creative Commons licenses
 
* Build infrastructure around Creative Commons standards
 
 
 
= Documentation =
 
 
 
* Available ways to enable users to [[Choose license|choose a licens]].
 
* [[License Wrappers|Reading Licenses]] in various programming languages
 
* [[HOWTO Patch|HOWTO Create, Apply and Submit Patches]]
 
* [[Translate|Translating]] - Help localize for your language
 
* [[Coding Style]] - General coding guidelines and settings
 
* [[UsingMarkup| Using Markup]]
 
* [[git phrasebook]] - Tips on using "git" well
 
* [[Software Release Procedure]] - best practices for releasing CC Developer Community Software
 
 
 
= Discussion =
 
 
 
* [[Search Engine Survey]] - General survey of the open source search engine scene
 
* [[Operating System Search Survey]] - General survey of search and metadata
 
 
 
== Exploratory Projects ==
 
 
 
The projects below are currently being discussed or explored:
 
* [[Developer Challenges]] - a long list of challenges set for exploration
 
* [[Content Aggregation]]
 
* [[Dream CC Tool]] - A discussion of the "ideal" CC tool; possibly the successor to ccPublisher?
 
* [[Development Ideas]] - A collection of nascent ideas for CC-enabled tools. As these become more fleshed out, they'll be moved to their own pages.
 
 
 
= Developer Community Credits =
 
 
 
* [[User:NathanYergler|Nathan Yergler]]
 
* [http://www.fourstones.net Victor Stone]
 
* [[User:Jon Phillips|Jon Phillips]]
 
* [http://www.burobjorn.nl Bjorn Wijers]
 
* [[User:Mike Linksvayer|Mike Linksvayer]]
 
* [[User:BryceHarrington|Bryce Harrington]]
 
* [[User:Paulproteus|Asheesh Laroia]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Developer]]
 

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