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=Alternative Intellectual Property Models= | |||
Creative Commons and the GNU General Public License are two alternative intellectual property models that are used in the software industry, and are now becoming more frequently used for non-software projects. Organizations and projects like Lulu, Wikibooks, and Flickr, utilize these alternative models and facilitate the creation of intellectual works. Examine the ethical considerations surrounding the practice of self-publishing and creation of collaborative works under alternative licenses. | Creative Commons and the GNU General Public License are two alternative intellectual property models that are used in the software industry, and are now becoming more frequently used for non-software projects. Organizations and projects like Lulu, Wikibooks, and Flickr, utilize these alternative models and facilitate the creation of intellectual works. Examine the ethical considerations surrounding the practice of self-publishing and creation of collaborative works under alternative licenses. | ||
==Copyright vs. Copyleft== | |||
===What is Copyleft?=== | |||
===Some History=== | |||
===GPL - GNU General Public License=== | |||
===Creative Commons License=== | |||
===A Bestiary of Licenses=== | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft] | |||
* [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses GNU's Awesome License Bestiary] | |||
* [http://creativecommons.org/ http://creativecommons.org/] | * [http://creativecommons.org/ http://creativecommons.org/] | ||
* [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] | * [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] | ||
Revision as of 01:56, 17 July 2008
Alternative Intellectual Property Models
Creative Commons and the GNU General Public License are two alternative intellectual property models that are used in the software industry, and are now becoming more frequently used for non-software projects. Organizations and projects like Lulu, Wikibooks, and Flickr, utilize these alternative models and facilitate the creation of intellectual works. Examine the ethical considerations surrounding the practice of self-publishing and creation of collaborative works under alternative licenses.