[OpenFontLibrary] Fwd: [okfn-discuss] CC Zero

[Dave Crossland]

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From: Mr. Puneet Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org>
Date: 2009/2/4
Subject: [okfn-discuss] CC Zero
To: okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org


Greetings all,

Per Thinh's announcement below, I too am very happy to pass on to you
information about the availability of CC0 for use and adoption. After
more than a year of gestation, it is ready to rumble, I hope.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Thinh Nguyen <thinh at creativecommons.org>
> Date: February 3, 2009 12:49:58 PM EST
> ..
> Subject: CC0  Private Announcement
>
> Dear Friends of Science Commons:
>
> I'm delighted to let you know that CC0
> (http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0) has been completed and is
> ready for
> implementation. We are making this private announcement at this time
> only to
> our collaborators and potential early adopters, to give them time to
> evaluate the tool and to implement it.
>
> As you know, the concept for CC0 arose from our meeting in October
> 2007 at
> the Sorbonne in Paris. As a participant in that conference, your
> ideas and
> suggestions played a key and vital role in shaping our thinking
> about how to
> share data and databases, which ultimately lead to the development
> of CC0. I
> hope that you can be proud of the ultimate result.
>
> CC0 is only the first installment of a two-part plan. With CC0, we
> intend to
> provide a simple, easy-to-use tool that data providers can use to
> waive or
> "quitclaim" any rights that they may have in data, including
> copyright and
> database rights. As a follow-up to CC0, we are working on an
> assertion tool
> that can be used to mark data that's already in the public domain,
> but this
> is a more complicated task, so we are releasing CC0--the waiver
> component--first.
>
> I hope that you will take some time to look at CC0 by following the
> link
> above. We invite your feedback, and if you know of anyone who might be
> interested in CC0 or who might want to be an early adopter, please
> feel free
> to let them know that CC0 is available or put them in touch with us.
>
> Once again, thank you for your contribution to the success of this
> effort.
> We look forward to your continued involvement and participation as
> we roll
> out this project.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Thinh Nguyen
> Counsel, Science Commons
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/
Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/
Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/
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Dave

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