Building upon, Learning from, and Mutually Reinforcing Open-Source in Art, Business, and Society.

Abstract

Launched less than four years ago, Creative Commons licenses have been applied to an estimated 140 million creative works and free culture is a rising worldwide movement. How does free culture relate to, build upon, learn from, and mutually reinforce open source in art, business, and society? Where do you fit in?

About Mike Linksvayer

Mike Linksvayer is the CTO of Creative Commons since April 2003. He has over ten years experience as an enterprise software, web, and multimedia developer and consultant. He co-founded Bitzi and holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.