[freeroleplay] [Fwd: [fc-uk-discuss] Fwd: [cc-licenses] A Free Content and Expression Definition]

Sat May 6 16:23:25 EDT 2006

Hi All,

As an advance on the forwarded message, the maintainers of the Free
Content Definition (FCD) site have created a "Roleplaying Game" portal
for free content-related information about RPGs. I've started here but
it's an open project so if you're interested in getting involved please
head along:

http://freecontentdefinition.org/Portal:Role-playing_games

Kind regards...

-- 
Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free RPG Community
http://www.freeroleplay.org/
president at freeroleplay.org

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 22:57 +0100, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> A group of Creative Commons affiliated members are getting together to
> create a definition for "free content":
> 
> http://freedomdefined.org/ or http://freecontentdefinition.org/
> 
> It bears some similarities to our own definition of free content,
> although it lacks a requirement for source code. Discussion is ongoing
> to thrash out a definition so please head over to the site and share
> your thoughts.
> 
> Kind regards...
> 
> -- 
> Ricardo Gladwell
> President, Free RPG Community
> http://www.freeroleplay.org/
> president at freeroleplay.org
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org>
> To: UK FreeCulture Discuss List <fc-uk-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
> Subject: [fc-uk-discuss] Fwd: [cc-licenses] A Free Content and
> Expression Definition
> Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 17:56:59 +0100
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: "Erik Moeller" <eloquence at gmail.com>
> > Date: 1 May 2006 16:35:33 BDT
> > To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc- 
> > licenses at lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Subject: [cc-licenses] A Free Content and Expression Definition
> > Reply-To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc- 
> > licenses at lists.ibiblio.org>
> >
> > The free culture movement is growing. Hackers have created a
> > completely free operating system called GNU/Linux that can be used and
> > shared by anyone for any purpose. A community of volunteers has built
> > the largest encyclopedia in history, Wikipedia, which is used by more
> > people every day than CNN.com or AOL.com. Thousands of individuals
> > have chosen to upload photos to Flickr.com under free licenses. But -
> > just a minute. What exactly is a "free license"?
> >
> > In the free software world, the two primary definitions - the Free
> > Software Definition and the Open Source Definition - are both fairly
> > clear about what uses must be allowed. Free software can be freely
> > copied, modified, modified and copied, sold, taken apart and put back
> > together. However, no similar standard exists in the sphere of free
> > content and free expressions.
> >
> > We believe that the highest standard of freedom should be sought for
> > as many works as possible. And we seek to define this standard of
> > freedom clearly. We call this definition the "Free Content and
> > Expression Definition", and we call works which are covered by this
> > definition "free content" or "free expressions".
> >
> > Neither these names nor the text of the definition itself are final
> > yet. In the spirit of free and open collaboration, we invite your
> > feedback and changes. The definition is published in a wiki. You can
> > find it at:
> >
> > http://freedomdefined.org/ or http://freecontentdefinition.org/
> >
> > Please use the URL <http://freedomdefined.org/static/> (including the
> > trailing slash) when submitting this link to high-traffic websites.
> >
> > There is a stable and an unstable version of the definition. The
> > stable version is protected, while the unstable one may be edited by
> > anyone. Be bold and make changes to the unstable version, or make
> > suggestions on the discussion page. Over time, we hope to reach a
> > consensus. Four moderators will be assisting this process:
> >
> > * Erik Möller - co-initiator of the definition. Free software
> > developer, author and long time Wikimedian, where he initiated two
> > projects: Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons.
> > * Benjamin Mako Hill - co-initiator of the definition. Debian hacker
> > and author of the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible, board member of Software
> > in the Public Interest, Software Freedom International, and the Ubuntu
> > Foundation.
> > * Mia Garlick. General Counsel at Creative Commons, and an expert on
> > IP law. Creative Commons is, of course, the project which offers many
> > easy-to-use licenses to authors and artists, some of which are free
> > content licenses and some of which are not.
> > * Angela Beesley. One of the two elected trustees of the Wikimedia
> > Foundation. Co-founder and Vice President of Wikia, Inc.
> >
> > None of the moderators is acting here in an official capacity related
> > to their affiliations. Please treat their comments as personal opinion
> > unless otherwise noted. The Creative Commons project has welcomed the
> > effort to clearly classify existing groups of licenses, and will work
> > to supplement this definition with one which covers a larger class of
> > licenses and works.
> >
> > In addition to changes to the definition itself, we invite you to
> > submit logos that can be attached to works or licenses which are free
> > under this definition:
> >
> > http://freedomdefined.org/Logo_contest
> >
> > One note on the choice of name. Not all people will be happy to label
> > their works "content", as it is also a term that is heavily used in
> > commerce. This is why the initiators of the definition compromised on
> > the name "Free Content and Expression Definition" for the definition
> > itself. We are suggesting "Free Expression" as an alternative term
> > that may lend itself particularly to usage in the context of artistic
> > works. However, we remain open on discussing the issue of naming, and
> > invite your feedback in this regard.
> >
> > We encourage you to join the open editing phase, to take part in the
> > logo contest, or to provide feedback. We aim to release a 1.0 version
> > of this definition fairly soon.
> >
> > Please forward this announcement to other relevant message boards and
> > mailing lists.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> >
> > Erik Möller and Benjamin Mako Hill
> > _______________________________________________
> > cc-licenses mailing list
> > cc-licenses at lists.ibiblio.org
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses
> 
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