This is one of the first times that the license–which offers more flexibility than traditional copyright licenses–has been tested in a court of law, according to legal Web site Groklaw. “The Creative ...

CC BY 4.0 offers six licence variations, as follows: CC BY: This licence type allows others to redistribute and adapt licensed works on the condition that attribution is given to the author. CC BY-SA: ...

Starting today Creative Commons licenses are available to all Vimeo users, giving creators a means to let fellow-creators know if it’s okay to share, remix or reuse their videos. Creative Commons, ...

A Creative Commons (CC) license is a type of copyright license that grants permission for others to use copyrighted works without obtaining prior approval from the copyright owner. However, the usage ...

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Google search allows you to search for images related to specific words, including a function to search for images that are allowed to be reused under Creative Commons. However, ``Google Image ...

No one is forcing anyone to put their work into the public commons. But, once you do, you need to accept that you no longer can wholly control how it is used. As readers of this blog know, two of my ...

A new draft of the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, dubbed OGL 1.2 by publisher Wizards of the Coast, is now available for download. The announcement was made Thursday by Kyle Brink, executive ...

Neon's own anthology film based on the online universe of writing will make the film an "open-source horror project." ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. For a while there, it looked like Hasbro and its Wizards of the ...