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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

More on CC licenses for UK public-sector organizations

Last February, the UK Common Information Environment solicited proposals "for a study into the applicability of Creative Commons licences to public sector organisations in the United Kingdom." Today it announced the results: 'Following an open tendering process, the Common Information Environment (CIE) group has awarded the contract for a study into the applicability of Creative Commons licences to public sector organisations in the United Kingdom. The work is being undertaken by Intrallect and the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the University of Edinburgh, and their final report is due by the end of August. This work is being funded by Becta, the British Library, DfES, JISC and MLA on behalf of the CIE.'

Posted by Peter Suber at 5/11/2005 09:49:00 AM.

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