Hi all ,
Thanks Jane for the explanation. I remember I am in this cc-india list from 2006 onwards :-) It is better to announce relaunch as it is in the announcements to avoid confusion . Because we wikipedian's value references very much. also ccing the wikimedia* India *list
~ regards Anivar
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Jane Hornibrook jane@creativecommons.orgwrote:
Hi Anivar and all,
Great spotting, and yes you're correct - this is technically a "re-launch" of CC in India. Prof Jha, Lawrence Liang and their colleagues have done excellent work in CC outreach and launching a local Indian license suite. As projects change, so do CC teams in many countries from time to time, and they've both been instrumental in encouraging and assisting us with revitalizing, or "re-launching" CC in India with exciting new partners in 2013.
In fact, the community discussion list I've included in this mail is a revived version of the original list so it's a great forum to post any concerns to. We were fortunate enough to run a CC workshophttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Creative_Commons_workshop_in_Mumbaiin February 2013 with Wikimedia India in the lead up to this re-launch at IIT under the helpful co-ordination of Professor Jha. At CC HQ, we're heartily looking forward to many more activities and successes with CC India with new partners CIS, Wikimedia India and Univerity of New Delhi.
With regards Jane Hornibrook
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Jayanta Nath jayanta@wikimedia.in wrote:
Dear All,
Please go through below our India mailing list.... we need clear explanation for this.
Jayanta Nath EC Member Wikimedia India
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Creative Commons India launch - 12 November To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Members List wmin-members@googlegroups.com
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Karthik Nadar karthikndr@wikimedia.inwrote:
Dear Friends,
Wikimedia India in association with Acharya Narendra Dev College New Delhi and Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore will be hosting the launch of Creative Commons India in New Delhi on 12 November, 2013 with Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor as Chief Guest. It would be really nice if you could join us.
Details of the event can be found here: wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Creative_Commons_India_launch
AFAIK Creative commons india is launched in January 26 2007 in India in a function at IIT Bombay , with Shishir K. Jha as Project Lead and Lawrence Liang as Legal Lead .CC-2.5-IN series licenses are basically developed by this team . Even Last year I heard about CC India in this list
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-June/003381.html
This is a snapshot of their old website from internet archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081220221749/http://cc-india.org/
Link to Launch event Blogpost https://web.archive.org/web/20081220221749/http://cc-india.org/index.php?q=n...
This looks like a relaunch . It will be good if you can explain why it is relaunching in the above mentioned wiki page
~ regards Anivar
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On 2 Nov 2013 09:26, "Anivar Aravind" anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all ,
Thanks Jane for the explanation. I remember I am in this cc-india list
from 2006 onwards :-)
It is better to announce relaunch as it is in the announcements to avoid
confusion . Because we wikipedian's value references very much. also ccing the wikimedia India list
Just fyi, the occasion titling has been updated, with the change incorporated, and an apology for not doing that in the first place.
Copied here:
/ We apologise for an error in our previous e-mail sent on November 9. There was a change in the title which was unfortunately not updated. Hence, we are sharing the details once again:
Wikimedia India, the Centre for Internet and Society, and Acharya Narendra Dev College invite you to the Relaunch of Creative Commons India in New Delhi on November 12, 2013 with the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. Shashi Tharoor as the Chief Guest.
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.
In simple words, Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world.
Some more facts about Internet licenses
Ever wondered what "Some Rights Reserved" means?
Copyright grants to creators a bundle of exclusive rights over their creative works, which generally include the right to reproduce, distribute, display, make adaptations, perform, sell and so on. The phrase “All Rights Reserved” is often used by owners to indicate that they reserve all of the rights granted to them under the law. When copyright expires, the work enters the public domain, and the rightsholder can no longer stop others from engaging in those activities under copyright, with the exception of moral rights reserved to creators in some jurisdictions. Creative Commons licenses offer creators a spectrum of choices between retaining all rights and relinquishing all rights (public domain), an approach we call "Some Rights Reserved."
Is Creative Commons against copyright?
Absolutely not. CC has responded to claims to the contrary. CC licenses are copyright licenses, and depend on the existence of copyright to work. CC licenses are legal tools that creators and other rightsholders can use to offer certain usage rights to the public, while reserving other rights. Those who want to make their work available to the public for limited kinds of uses while preserving their copyright may want to consider using CC licenses. Others who want to reserve all of their rights under copyright law should not use CC licenses.
Relaunch
Dr. Savithri Singh, Principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College will be the Master of Ceremony and the Moderator for the sessions:
16.00 - 16.30: Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India: Initiatives of MHRD around Openly Licensed Content
16.30 - 16.45: Question and Answer Session
16.45 - 17.00: Sam Pitroda (TBC), Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations: Creative Commons and Open Government Data
17.00 - 17.05: Question and Answer Session
17.05 - 17.25: Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Pratham Books: Creative Commons and Pratham Books Case Study (Including Question and Answer Session)
17.25 - 17.40: Moksh Juneja, President, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter: Creative Commons and Wikipedia (Including Question and Answer Session)
17.40 - 18.00: Lawrence Liang, Co-founder of Alternative Law Forum: Creative Commons and Open Access to Scholarly Journals (Including Question and Answer Session)
18.00: Tea
Registration
Please register here to attend the event: http://ccindia.doattend.com/Registration is free. Please carry a soft or hard copy of the confirmation email to the venue. Seating will be on first come first served basis. Date: November 12, 2013 Venue: India Islamic Cultural Centre Auditorium: 87 - 88, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Download the invite here:http://bit.ly/HPxrAO
Thanks and regards,
Sunil Abraham Executive Director Centre for Internet and Society Ph: 91-9611100817
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