Open Content Licenses

Licenses that allow for the sharing of content.

Examples

The two most important Open Content licenses are the GNU General Public License and the Creative Commons licenses.

The IANG License offers a more radical approach.

There are many others:

1. Common Good Public License
2. Free Art License
3. Free Music Public License
4. Free Sheet Music License.

More Information

See our entry introducing Peer Property.

Also: Free Music Philosophy

Key Books to Read=

1. Liang, Lawrence (2004), Guide to Open Content Licenses. Rotterdam:

Piet Zwart Institute. Available at http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/pubsfolder/opencontentpdf.

1. Liang, Lawrence (2004). Copyright, Cultural Production and Open

Content Licensing. Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute. Available at http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/pubsfolder/liangessay/view