CC+ is NOT a license.

Help me spread the word. CC+ is NOT a license. It is a protocol. On the CC+ website, there is further clarification of this.

Ok, let me try that again:

CC+ is NOT a license.

Spread the news!

Here is a nice way to visualize what CC+ is built to enable.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Image:Cc-by-nc-3.0-88x31.png + Image:Commercial-license-button.png

CC+ is CC license + Another agreement.

It is NOT a new license, but a facilitation of morePermissions beyond ANY standard CC licenses.

If you want to adopt CC+, please (1) implement CC+ simple technology on your site, (2) add your project/company name, and (3) let us know!

The main idea behind it is to allow for commercial rights to be brokered for monetization of content. While the branding behind CC+ has worked brilliantly in spreading the term, a basic misunderstanding or word seriously skews the understanding of CC+.

7 Responses to “CC+ is NOT a license.”


  1. 1 Evan Prodromou

    I like it! “CC is the plus sign between two licenses.”

  2. 2 jon

    Yes, and one fopah is that the plus sign ( ) doesn’t make it through many blogs and url convertors :)

  3. 3 Alek

    Jon, that’s sort of bad news! Because things are already complicated with six different licenses (but at least people have in mind this meme: “CC is about free licensing of works”) - now they’ll need to understand that there’s also a protocol. And I think lots of people don’t really know what a protocol is.

  4. 4 jon

    I challenge you to fix the branding of this then and/or how it is explained.

  5. 5 Andy

    That’s a cool idea. How can I get this cc license?

  6. 6 jon

    Damn you Andy!

  1. 1 CCPlus, Business, Case Studies and ccTools at Open Business Track Sapporo | rejon.org is Jon Phillips.

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