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iCommons received core grant funding:
2008 also marks the start of a five-year grant by two new trusts: Kusuma Trust and IETSI (International Electronic Trade and Services Initiative) that have made an endowment to iCommons of $1 million over a period of five years. The power of this core grant cannot be overemphasised. Anyone working in the non-profit field will recognise how difficult it is to raise core funds, and as a young organisation based in the developing world, iCommons is extremely grateful for this opportunity to consolidate and build an organisation that will have considerable impact into the future.
[Creative Commons » CC News] LugRadio to switch to CC-BY-SA:
Incidentally, the LugRadio podcast has been working to effect a switch from the most restrictive CC license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) to one of the most liberal (Attribution-ShareAlike) and this month made the announcement in the form of an essay, well worth reading.
[Creative Commons » CC News] ACLU Embraces CC Licensing
The ACLU has begun its first foray into CC licensing, releasing all the content from their new website, marijuanaconversation.org, under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
Oh and Lessig isn’t going to run for Congress, in case you missed it…
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