Commons News

New publication on OER in China

Written by Cheryl Foong on 20th April 2012

Professor Chunyan Wang (Renmin University of China and Creative Commons China Mainland) and Professor Guodong Zhao (Peking University) have authored a book titled Open Educational Resources in the People’s Republic of China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects for Development. It is … Continue reading →

The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture

Written by Cheryl Foong on 18th April 2012

“The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture”, edited by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (CC France legal lead) and Juan Carlos De Martin, is now available under a CC BY licence. As described by Dulong de Rosnay: This book … Continue reading →

Polish government approves open textbooks program

Written by Cheryl Foong on 17th April 2012

The Polish government has adopted a regulation for implementing a “Digital School” program, which aims to raise ICT competencies in Polish schools. As part of that program, 43 million PLN (Polish zloty) has been assigned for the creation of digital … Continue reading →

Draft CC Version 4.0 licence available for public comment

Written by Cheryl Foong on 3rd April 2012

CC has posted a draft CC BY-NC-SA version 4.0 unported licence for public comment. The draft licence and a table comparing its terms with the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 unported licence are available on this CC Wiki page. Members of the … Continue reading →

Australian Electoral Commission adopts CC BY for its website

Written by Cheryl Foong on 2nd April 2012

Here at CC Australia, we are always proud to highlight the use of CC in government. Recently the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) applied the CC BY 3.0 Australia licence as a default licence for all the material on its website. … Continue reading →