HOWTO Negotiate a Creative Commons License: Ten Steps

Step 10 Be patient

It will take a while. Keep writing on the wiki, and move ahead planning on your successful negotiation. Legal departments move very slowly. It took so long, I don't even remember the dates. At least 6 months. But it took longer to write the book, so it didn't hold us back at all! It will be worth it.

More links and info:

Digital Foundations:
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Foundations-Introduction-Design-Creative/dp/0321555988

Article about Cory Doctorow's successful use of CC:
http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/09/cory-doctorow-freekonomic-e-books.html

Example clause of CC contract:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/20/model-contract-claus.html

CC info, a case study:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/06/free_downloads.html

The 75/22/3 breakdown:
http://tim.oreilly.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html

Image below CC CC Chapman