Simplified Chinese version of Creative Commons licenses launched in Beijing 2006-03-30 BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The simplified Chinese version of the Creative Commons (CC) licenses, offering a flexible range of protection and freedom for authors, artists and educators, was launched in Beijing on Wednesday. The Chinese version was translated from the English versions of the CC licenses based on China's law on copyrights, by the Law School of Renmin University of China in Beijing, who is in charge of the project of the CC licenses on the Chinese mainland. Wang Chunyan, leader of the project, said that it is significantfor the Chinese mainland to introduce the licenses as it makes it easier for Chinese people to share knowledge and creative works. "The Chinese version will promote the development of creative activities and works, and cultural exchanges between China and other countries," she said. Founded in 2001 in the United States, the Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works, by using a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach compared with the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright. enditem   close