[CC-czech] Czech License Draft in Public Discussion - next steps ?

Marek Tichy tichy at iure.org
Wed Feb 25 14:30:51 GMT 2009


Dear Michelle,
thanks so much. How did I miss that ? This is great.

I'll be sending the xhtml legal codes and the latest english version in
a second.

Best
 Marek
> Dear Marek,
>
> On our wiki we have quite a collection of informational material of
> print quality:
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Documentation#Creative_Commons_Explained
>
> You can also find our logos in various formats and styles here:
> http://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/
>
> If you require any source files not included in the links above,
> please let me know, and I ask our designer to pass them along.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Michelle
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Marek Tichy <tichy at iure.org
> <mailto:tichy at iure.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Michelle,
>     I'm glad we are getting close to the D-Day.
>     One quick question - we are preparing some printed promotional
>     materials, and  in order not to reinvent the wheel, rather remix and
>     reuse :-),  I wanted to ask if there are any print quality graphics or
>     even complete leaflets for translation we could use  ? Specifically we
>     will be producing a post card (since we have some other promo material
>     in this format, and possibly a 3 fold leaflet).
>     I have tried to search around but couldn't find any.
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>     Thanks
>      Marek
>
>     PS: I've noticed you have announced the launch date on the
>     creativecommons.org <http://creativecommons.org>. That's great, thanks
>     > Dear Marek and all,
>     >
>     > Many thanks for your E-Mail! You timeline sounds fine to me - it is
>     > somewhat tough having in mind that there is some technical work
>     to do
>     > before the licenses can go live and we should also plan for some
>     time
>     > of proofreading once all six licenses are on the staging server.
>     But I
>     > think it is doable if we all work closely together in the next 4
>     weeks
>     > :-))
>     >
>     > Regarding the database question, Marek is right saying that it
>     was not
>     > a question to hold off the process on the Czech license until a
>     policy
>     > decision has been made within CC. This decision has already been
>     made
>     > in 2007 (please see the original database document attached).
>     Petr has
>     > asked me to provide him with some more background information about
>     > this decision and why the database rights are waived in version
>     3.0 of
>     > the European CC licenses. Therefore, I have been in touch with
>     Thinh,
>     > Science Commons Counsel and we thought it makes sense to have a FAQ
>     > about this topic on our website. The attached draft is still only a
>     > very first draft and will be circulated among CC Europe projects
>     leads
>     > within the next days but I thought it might be helpful for you
>     to have
>     > it in advance. Please don't distribute or forward to anyone
>     outside CC
>     > Czech team before we have officially announced and published the
>     FAQ.
>     >
>     > As for the next steps, it would be great if you could send me the
>     > final version of the Czech BY-NC-SA in English including all
>     > additional changes and comments once you have implemented all of
>     > these. From there we should work on developing all six licenses and
>     > having them in xhtml and on the staging server as soon as
>     possible so
>     > that there are a few days left for final proofreading before
>     your event.
>     >
>     > Please let me know how this sounds to you and if you have any
>     > additional questions?
>     >
>     > Best wishes,
>     >
>     > Catharina
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ********************************************************************
>     > Dr. Catharina Maracke
>     > Director, Creative Commons International
>     >
>     > Creative Commons International --
>     > http://creativecommons.org/international
>     > CC Newsletter -- http://creativecommons.org/about/newsletter
>     > CC Network main page -- http://creativecommons.net
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Marek Tichy wrote:
>     >
>     >> Dear Michelle and Catharina,
>     >>>
>     >>> I hope this message finds you well!
>     >> Thank you, things are fine, I hope it's the same for you.
>     >>>
>     >>> It has been a few weeks since we last spoke, so I just wanted
>     to touch
>     >>> base and make sure we're on the same page regarding the Czech
>     draft
>     >>> and its status.
>     >> Yes, I think in my last message I have indicated that we are
>     approaching
>     >> some internal deadlines here. We have already started preparing
>     a public
>     >> announcement and some related event for the end of March - 27th
>     and 28.
>     >> That's our absolute deadline we must be working towards. We
>     just did a
>     >> last round of comments on the final czech wording, received several
>     >> comments and suggestions which we will incorporate promptly.
>     >>>
>     >>> As I understand it from a discussion with Catharina, we are
>     awaiting
>     >>> an official position paper about database rights, to be
>     coordinated
>     >>> and delivered by our Science Commons Counsel. I know that
>     Catharina
>     >>> had the opportunity to meet with the other CC staff lawyers
>     recently
>     >>> and discuss the database policy, so I hope we will hear from
>     the SC
>     >>> counsel relatively soon.
>     >> Although I know that there is a discussion going on about this,
>     It was
>     >> not my understanding that this is holding us back completely.
>     If that's
>     >> the case, can you please use your powers you to speed this up?
>     Maybe
>     >> Catharina would like to comment here.
>     >>>
>     >>> For the meantime, I was going to make a suggestion for some
>     possible
>     >>> project activity, but it looks like the Czech translation of CC
>     >>> material is already very complete!
>     >>> http://translate.creativecommons.org/cs/
>     >> Yes, it is rather complete (to be honest I'm not quite sure who
>     did it),
>     >> but needs complete revision and changes so that it reflects the
>     latest
>     >> versions.
>     >>>
>     >>> Thank you very much for being so thorough; these are excellent
>     >>> statistics!
>     >>>
>     >>> Regarding the database discussion, we really do appreciate your
>     >>> patience as the position paper is being finalized. Hopefully
>     we will
>     >>> receive the results soon, so that we can move forward with the
>     >>> remaining steps in the porting process.
>     >>>
>     >> Yes, please let's move on.
>     >>> Best wishes,
>     >>>
>     >>> Michelle
>     >>>
>     >> Best
>     >> Marek
>     >
>     >
>
>
>
>
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> ----------------------------------------------
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> 10777 Berlin, Germany
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>
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