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# Creative Commons 4.0 Markdown
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On November 25th, 2013, [Creative Commons](http://creativecommons.org/) announced their next generation licenses: [Creative Commons 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/40768). By default, these are available as [HTML](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) or [plaintext](http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41127). This project adds [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)-formatted licenses to that list.
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Unfortunately, the output currently varies on different Markdown viewers, in particular when it comes to indentation levels. You can choose between these two branches:
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* [Tabulator indentation](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/tree/tabulators) might cause some blocks to be interpreted as code (e.g. on GitHub)
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* [Space indentation](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/tree/spaces) results in less readable files when viewed as plain text
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Hopefully the [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/) specification will sort out these issues in the future.
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## Licenses
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* `BY` [Attribution](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by.markdown)
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* `BY-NC` [Attribution-NonCommercial](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by-nc.markdown)
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* `BY-NC-ND` [Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by-nc-nd.markdown)
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* `BY-NC-SA` [Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by-nc-sa.markdown)
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* `BY-ND` [Attribution-NoDerivatives](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by-nd.markdown)
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* `BY-SA` [Attribution-ShareAlike](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/by-sa.markdown)
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* `C0` [CC0](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/spaces/4.0/zero.markdown)
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## File extension
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There's a plethora of Markdown file extensions, but I have decided to go with `markdown`. Read why:
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*"We no longer live in a 8.3 world, so we should be using the most descriptive file extensions. It’s sad that all our operating systems rely on this stupid convention instead of the better creator code or a metadata model, but great that they now support longer file extensions."*
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Hilton Lipschitz ([via](http://hiltmon.com/blog/2012/03/07/the-markdown-file-extension/))
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*"…the only file extension I would endorse is “.markdown”, for the same reason offered by Hilton Lipschitz"*
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John Gruber, creator of Markdown ([via](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/08/markdown-extension))
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## Contribute
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If you notice any mistakes in content or formatting, please send a pull request with your correction. |