Difference between revisions of "Government use of Creative Commons"

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* [http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Website+Changes+Coming+Soon  Australian Bureau of Statistics website] - Australia's census and statistical data are now licensed under CC BY 2.5 Australia.  
 
* [http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Website+Changes+Coming+Soon  Australian Bureau of Statistics website] - Australia's census and statistical data are now licensed under CC BY 2.5 Australia.  
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* [http://www.pool.og.au ABC Pool] - this initiative of Australia's largest public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is releasing material from the ABC archives for reuse under CC licences. It's first major release has been as part of the [http://www.pool.org.au/genepool Gene Pool project], celebrating Charles Darwin's Centenary.
 
* National Library of Australia - various [http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/cdp/ policy materials]  
 
* National Library of Australia - various [http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/cdp/ policy materials]  
 
* Powerhouse Museum - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day] project, [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data]  
 
* Powerhouse Museum - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day] project, [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data]  

Revision as of 02:26, 14 July 2009

Currently this is a scratchpad for referencing known government uses of CC licensing (and government recommendations of CC licensing). Please add to the list and turn compelling uses into Case_Studies.

Armenia

Australia

Australian government reports recommending CC usage

Bulgaria

Colombia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

OECD

Russian Federation

Spain

United States