Creative Commons (CC) Licenses and Declarations data (static HTML, internationalization and localization files, etc.)

⚠️ This data is in progress and in flux. Please, DO NOT REFERENCE IT until it is stable (and this warning is removed).

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md:

The Creative Commons team is committed to fostering a welcoming community. This project and all other Creative Commons open source projects are governed by our Code of Conduct. Please report unacceptable behavior to conduct@creativecommons.org per our reporting guidelines.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

The data includes both source files used by creativecommons/cc-licenses and output from it. See that repository for additional instructions on the use of this repository. This section uses project specific terms. Please reference Definitions, below.

• docs/
  • (:warning: NOT YET ACTIVE) CC Licenses data served by creativecommons.org/licenses website
  • generated by cc-licenses publish command
• legacy/
  • legalcode/
    • Legacy legalcode (HTML and some plaintext)
    • ingested by cc-licenses load_html_files command
  • rdf-licenses/
    • Legacy RDF files for legalcode
    • ingested by cc-licenses publish command
  • rdf-meta/
    • Legacy RDF files and HTML (description, schema, etc.)
    • ingested by cc-licenses publish command
• legalcode/
  • The immediate subdirectories are Locale Names
  • Contains Gettext Files for Legal Code
  • Each license tool has a custom Django/gettext translation domain that is the same as the Transifex resource slug
• locale/
  • The immediate subdirectories are Locale Names
  • Contains Gettext Files for Deeds & UX
  • The default Django/gettext translation domain is used (django)
  • The Transifex resource slug is deeds_ux
• Gettext Files details:
  • .mo machine object Gettext Files
    • generated by cc-licenses compilemessages and load_html_files commands
    • ingested by cc-licenses publish and runserver commands
  • .po portable object Gettext Files
    • generated by cc-licenses check_for_translation_updates command
    • ingested by cc-licenses compilemessages and runserver commands

Namespace - Wikipedia, retreived 2021-07-06:

In computing, a namespace is a set of signs (names) that are used to identify and refer to objects of various kinds. A namespace ensures that all of a given set of objects have unique names so that they can be easily identified.

This section uses project specific terms. Please reference Definitions, below.

• Category: licenses
• Title: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License
• Identifier: CC BY-SA 4.0
• Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Unit: by-sa
• Version: 4.0
• Jurisdiction Code: None, (International)
• Language Code: en

• Category: licenses
• Title: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
• Identifier: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
• Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
• Unit: by-nc-sa
• Version: 3.0
• Jurisdiction Code: None (International (unported))
• Language Code: en

• Category: licenses
• Title: Naamsvermelding-GeenAfgeleideWerken 3.0
• Identifier: CC BY-ND 3.0 NL
• Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/nl/
• Unit: by-nc-nd
• Version: 3.0
• Jurisdiction Code: nl
• Language Code: nl

• Category: publicdomain
• Title: CC0 1.0 Universal
• Identifier: CC0 1.0
• Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Unit: zero
• Version: 1.0
• Jurisdiction Code: None (Universal)
• Language Code: en

The following terms are used by this dataset and the cc-licenses application that ingests/generates it.

Gettext Files are are files conveying translations (internationalization and localization files). Django relies on the GNU gettext toolset.

• machine object files with a .mo file extensions (ex. django.mo)
• portable object files with a .po file extensions (ex. django.po)
• GNU gettext utilities: Files

The portable object files use the following values for these standard metadata entries:

• Project-Id-Version: Transifex resource slug
• Language: Transifex Code

The portable object files use the following values for these custom metadata entries:

• Language-Django: Langauge Code
• Language-Transifex: Transifex Code

Jurisdiction Codes are legal jurisdiction identifiers used for Creative Commons License Tool ports (versions 1.0 - 3.0). They consist of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.

• Creative Commons jurisdiction ports - Wikipedia
• ISO 3166-1 - Wikipedia Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes
  • ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - Wikipedia

IETF language tags are identifiers for human languages.

• IETF language tag - Wikipedia
  • RFC5646 Tags for Identifying Languages
    • ISO 639-1 - Wikipedia Codes for the representation of names of languages—Part 1: Alpha-2 code
      • List of ISO 639-1 codes - Wikipedia
    • ISO 639-2 - Wikipedia Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
      • List of ISO 639-2 codes - Wikipedia
    • ISO 3166-1 - Wikipedia Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes
      • ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - Wikipedia
    • ISO 15924 - Wikipedia Codes for the representation of names of scripts

Locale Names (locale_name) are Django locale names. Django locale names are language/region identifiers programmatically generated by Django based on the Language Code. They are meant to match POSIX locales or Unicode locales.

• locale name | Definitions | Internationalization and localization | Django documentation | Django
• Locale (computer software) - Wikipedia

Language Codes (language_code) are Django language codes. They consist of lowercase IETF language tags.

• The default Django languge codes are defined in django/django:django/conf/global_settings.p: Lines 50-148
• Additional codes are defined by the cc-licenses application in cc_licenses/settings/base.py

POSIX locales are language/region identifiers defined by POSIX.

• POSIX platforms - Locale (computer software) - Wikipedia
• Locale (computer software) - Wikipedia

Transifex Codes (transifex_code) are Transifex language codes. Most consist of POSIX locales or Unicode locales. Some consist of IETF language tags.

• Languages on Transifex
• Locale (computer software) - Wikipedia

Unicode locales are language/region identifiers defined by the Unicode Consortium.

• Common Locale Data Repository - Wikipedia
• Locale (computer software) - Wikipedia

COPYING: The text of the Creative Commons public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as otherwise permitted by the Creative Commons policies published at creativecommons.org/policies, Creative Commons does not authorize the use of the trademark "Creative Commons" or any other trademark or logo of Creative Commons without its prior written consent including, without limitation, in connection with any unauthorized modifications to any of its public licenses or any other arrangements, understandings, or agreements concerning use of licensed material.