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License your photos and more on Facebook

Amy Sample Ward

This blog has a Creative Commons license. Because Creative Commons licenses help creators, sharers, and readers enjoy online content respectfully. So, when I saw that Creative Commons released a version of the licensing and an application for Facebook , I had to check it out! Why Use Creative Commons in Facebook ?

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use the " BY Attribution " creative commons license. I've used this license. I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. No, but is more likely to happen is that people will use the work, use the license honestly, and improve the work.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

All of the content produced and published by the New York State Senate is published under a Creative Commons license. Again, if it's built with public money, the public has the right to use it. The public will help you get it the rest of the way." If the data can contribute to the conversation, share it.

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My Davos remarks on IP

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Nike launched the GreenXchange , and the Young Global Leaders had a humanitarian patent licensing concept that seemed promising. So, a key action to improve this market failure problem is to be open to licensing technology to social entrepreneurs. This will need both strong voluntary action as well as public purpose exceptions.

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Top 10 Sources for Free Images

Tech Soup

Flickr is one of our go-to places for Creative Commons- licensed images. It allows you to search for photos with a Creative Commons license for noncommercial use and images that you can modify, adapt, or build upon. Many of them are public domain. You can search by topic, location, type, author, license, and source.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"Put it this way, if you have a quote from Bill Clinton on your site, you are probably not hurting for publicity!" There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Coming Soon to TechSoup

Tech Soup

If you're interested in requesting Office when it's available, you might want to make sure your organization or public library is registered with TechSoup and review Microsoft's donation policies. Photo: KirrilyRobert , CC license. Depending when you last requested Office, you may be able to request an upgrade directly from Microsoft.