Canada The Canada license has now been integrated into the Creative Commons licensing process, so you are able to license your works under this jurisdiction's law.
The latest version of the licenses available for this jurisdiction are:
- Attribution 2.5 Canada
- Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada
- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada
- Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada
- Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada
Many thanks to all who contributed to the license-porting process. This page remains for reference.
Please take a look at the mailing-list archive if you are interested in the academic discussion leading to the Canada final license.
Creative Commons is working with Law & Technology Program at the University of Ottawa to create Canada jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses.
CCi Canada List
Project Leads: Tina Piper, Marcus Bornfreund, and Andy Kaplan-Myrth
- License draft (PDF).
- English explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF).
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More About the Law & Technology Program at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
The Law & Technology Program at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law was founded in 1998 and is the leading program of its kind in Canada. Providing specialized courses, practical experience and the opportunity to conduct innovative research, the program covers both the graduate and undergraduate level. From its location in Canada’s technology capital, the University of Ottawa Law & Technology Program acts as a central source of legal information and expertise for policy-making and judicial determination in Canada and has been instrumental in producing technology law practitioners that now occupy all facets of the technology law field.
