==== the creative commons ====

initiated by [[Lawrence Lessig]], in an attmept to prevent further encroachment of the [[public domain]] and encourage the development of a legal framework in which cooperative, common, cultural works can be created, modified, reused and correctly attributed., (etc+) 

  * http://creativecommons.org/

applying CC licences
  * http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/11/cory-doctorow-creative-commons.html

summary of the (in)comatabilities with the DFSG (debian free software guidelines) 
  * http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html
  * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines