Definition of Free Cultural Works
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The Definition of Free Cultural Works is the definition of free content
put forth by Erik Möller
and published on the website freedomdefined.org.
The first draft of the Definition of Free Cultural Works was published 3 April 2006 . Richard Stallman
, Lawrence Lessig
, Angela Beesley and others helped the project. The 1.0 and 1.1 versions were published in English and translated into some languages .
The Definition of Free Cultural Works is used by the Wikimedia Foundation
. In 2008, the Attribution and Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licenses
were marked as "Approved for Free Cultural Works" . Afterward, Wikipedia migrated to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Free content
Free content, or free information, is any kind of functional work, artwork, or other creative content that meets the definition of a free cultural work...
put forth by Erik Möller
Erik Möller
Erik Möller is a German freelance journalist, software developer, author, and Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation , based in San Francisco, California...
and published on the website freedomdefined.org.
The first draft of the Definition of Free Cultural Works was published 3 April 2006 . Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman
Richard Matthew Stallman , often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"|last= Stallman|first= Richard|date= N.D.|work=Richard Stallman's homepage...
, Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence "Larry" Lessig is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications, and he has called for state-based activism to promote substantive...
, Angela Beesley and others helped the project. The 1.0 and 1.1 versions were published in English and translated into some languages .
The Definition of Free Cultural Works is used by the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based...
. In 2008, the Attribution and Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S...
were marked as "Approved for Free Cultural Works" . Afterward, Wikipedia migrated to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Approved licenses
- Against DRM
- BSD-like non-copyleft licensesBSD licensesBSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses. The original license was used for the Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix-like operating system after which it is named....
- Creative Commons AttributionCreative Commons licensesCreative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S...
- Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlikeCreative Commons licensesCreative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S...
- Design Science LicenseDesign Science LicenseDesign Science License is a copyleft license for free content such as text, images, music and other content but not for documentation or source code. The DSL was written by Michael Stutz.-External links:*...
- FreeBSD Documentation LicenseFreeBSD Documentation LicenseThe FreeBSD Documentation License is the license that covers most of the documentation for the FreeBSD operating system.The license is very similar to the 2-clause Simplified BSD License used by the rest of FreeBSD, however, it makes the meanings of "source code" and "compile" less ambiguous in the...
- Free Art LicenseFree Art licenseThe Free Art License is a copyleft license that grants the right to freely copy, distribute, and transform creative works without needing the author's explicit permission.The Free Art License recognizes and protects these rights...
- GNU Free Documentation LicenseGNU Free Documentation LicenseThe GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify a work and requires all copies and...
- GNU General Public LicenseGNU General Public LicenseThe GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
- Lizenz für Freie Inhalte
- MirOS LicenceMirOS LicenceThe MirOS Licence is a free content licence originated at The MirOS Project for their own publications because the ISC license used by OpenBSD was perceived as having problems with wording and too America centric...
- MIT LicenseMIT LicenseThe MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms...
See also
- Open Knowledge Definition (OKD)Open KnowledgeOpen Knowledge is a term used to denote a set of principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of knowledge works in an open manner...
from The Open Knowledge FoundationOpen Knowledge FoundationThe Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that promotes open knowledge, including open content and open data. It was founded 24 May 2004 in Cambridge, UK... - The Free Software DefinitionThe Free Software DefinitionThe Free Software Definition, written by Richard Stallman and published by Free Software Foundation , defines free software, as a matter of liberty, not price. The term "free" is used in the sense of "free speech," not of "free beer." The earliest known publication of the definition was in the...
- Debian Free Software GuidelinesDebian Free Software GuidelinesThe Debian Free Software Guidelines is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license, which in turn is used to determine whether a piece of software can be included in Debian...
- Open Source DefinitionOpen Source DefinitionThe Open Source Definition is a document published by the Open Source Initiative, to determine whether or not a software license can be labeled with the open-source certification mark....
External links
- Definition of Free Cultural Works (freedomdefined.org)
- 2006 Announcement
- Erik Möller’s Blog
- Angela Beesley Starling’s Blog
- Free content defined on WikiEducatorWikiEducatorWikiEducator is an international online community project for the collaborative development of learning materials, which educators are free to reuse, adapt and share without restriction. WikiEducator was launched in 2006 and is supported by the non-profit Open Education Resource Foundation...