Day: June 21, 2006

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MSFT, CC Team to Add CC Licensing to Office

Microsoft Corp. and Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works, have teamed up to release a copyright licensing tool that enables the easy addition of Creative Commons licensing information for works in popular Microsoft® Office applications. The copyright licensing tool will be available free of charge at Microsoft Office Online, http://office.microsoft.com, and CreativeCommons.org. The tool will enable the 400 million users of Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel® and Microsoft Office PowerPoint® to select one of several Creative Commons licenses from within the specific application.

Microsoft and Creative Commons Release Tool for Copyright Licensing: The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses.

This is a step in the right direction.

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