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Markdown
50 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
# Creative Commons Markdown
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[](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cc-md)
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[](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cc-md)
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[](https://circleci.com/gh/idleberg/Creative-Commons-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, while aiming for best [compatibility on GitHub](https://github.github.com/gfm/).
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## Licenses
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* `BY` – [Attribution](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by.markdown)
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* `BY-NC` – [Attribution-NonCommercial](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by-nc.markdown)
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* `BY-NC-ND` – [Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by-nc-nd.markdown)
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* `BY-NC-SA` – [Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by-nc-sa.markdown)
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* `BY-ND` – [Attribution-NoDerivatives](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by-nd.markdown)
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* `BY-SA` – [Attribution-ShareAlike](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/4.0/by-sa.markdown)
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* `CC0` – [CC0](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/blob/master/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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## Usage
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There are other ways to get the licenses than downloading the [latest release](https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown/releases/latest) in your browser:
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```bash
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# Use git
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$ git clone https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown cc-md
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# Yarn
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$ yarn add cc-md
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# npm
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$ npm install cc-md
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```
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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.
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## Coffee Tip
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I love a good cup of coffee, it's what drives me. Tip me via [Flattr](https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=idleberg&url=https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-Markdown) or Bitcoin `17CXJuPsmhuTzFV2k4RKYwpEHVjskJktRd`.
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