Creative Commons is investing up to $100,000 to empower individuals and communities deeply rooted in the principles of openness and sharing. With the Catalyst Grants program, Creative Commons will seed activities around the globe that support our mission. Our goal is to scale our community’s…
So much great coverage of the ingenious iPhone Killer, hatched by Berlin’s Open Design maven Ronen Kadushin. The CAD files are all CC BY NS SA licensed, and you know what? It’s interoperable with newer iPhone and even iPad models. Enough has been said elsewhere,…
We’re into the final stretches of prototyping, and there’s been a lot of good projects and ideas bubbling out. Lately we’ve been based at the newly launched Open Design City, a creative space at Berlin’s betahaus where makers can rent time and space on the…
The Free Culture Research Conference is coming to Berlin, Oct 8-9! Free Culture between Commons and Markets: Approaching the Hybrid Economy? Call for Extended Abstracts ends June 7 The Free Culture Research Conference presents a unique opportunity for scholars whose work contributes to the promotion,…
There is an open data movement afoot. Now. Around the world. — Tim Berners-Lee on TED, Feb. 2010 That was certainly the sentiment I felt at last weekend’s Open Data Hackday. The two-day meet-up for geeks, journalists, and data liberators pushed against solid challenges: How…