Open Source is waaaay more confusing than CC. To be certified Open Source you must use an Open Source license, and there are way more options than the 18 CC licenses.
Here's a taste of them: < http://opensource.org/licenses/ > Open Source is actually pretty tricky and I think a lot of people throw the term around to mean something more like the "culture of openness," of which open source licensing may be a part of but not the entire thing. -Josh On 3/7/06, Andreas Haugstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:18:23 +0100, Ms. Kitka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> so, with the exception of most work created by the feds, it seems that > >> there is no longer a way to place something in the public domain other > >> than to publicly declare it to be so (i.e., put an icon on it?). > >> > >> does anyone know if this is so? or is there a form in Washington, DC > >> that the copyright holders have to file somewhere? > > > > Wouldn't declaring something open source be like declaring something > > new public domain? > > No, open source licenses such as GPL all have restrictions. Public Domain > means no restrictions. What you do is write "This work is hereby placed in > the Public Domain" (or words to that effect) on the title page on a book, > in the credits of a video etc. No form needed. > > - Andreas > -- > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
