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27 October, 2007

creative commons (cc)

Heard this term floating around but didn't really bother about it till as of yesterday, whereby the eLearning Standards Seminar invited a speaker, Mr Warren Chik, to give a talk on that topic.

A few things learnt from that topic:

1. Protectionism. Copyright law is there by default, so the usage of phrases like "© entity name. All rights reserved. " is not necessary. But useful as declarative evidence. 'Copy Right' means only the owner has the right to copy.

2. Open source. Free for all to use.

3. Creative Commons - Free but with conditions.

#1 and #2 are the two extreme ends, while #3 is somewhat between those two.

Click here to learn more about creative commons or visit their official site at http://creativecommons.org

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