May I See Your License

May I See Your License? Creative Commons on the Free Desktop
Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) offers "flexible copyright licenses for creative works." How does this effect the free desktop? This presentation features a brief overview of the primary licenses Creative Commons offers, where they fit on (and into) the free desktop, and how CC licenses and standards can help people publish and find content. This discussion hones in on key necessities in the free desktop such as proper licensing of content within applications, how to use CC metadata to enrich searchability of media, and how to participate in the Creative Commons Developer Community (http://developer.creativecommons.org). Examples shown to support CC licensing and standards on the desktop are Inkscape (http://inkscape.org), an Open Source drawing program and Open Clip Art Library (http://openclipart.org), a user-submitted public domain graphics collection. Also presented is the engine which powers Open Clip Art Library, Creative Commons sponsored ccHost (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost), a GPL licensed web-based media sharing software and ccPublisher, a cross-platform drag-n-drop CC publishing application.

This presentation is up-beat with a demystification of the CC licenses, examples of how to plug into Creative Commons for developers, and challenges throughout to aid in brainstorming about how Creative Commons can help bolster the free desktop.