Creative Commons is turning 20!我们很高兴与我们的全球社区一起庆祝这一里程碑，履行我们作为非营利组织的承诺，创造一个每个人都能获得知识和创造力的世界。
As we considered CC’s goals for the next 20 years, we kept returning to a simple idea:
Better Sharing for a Brighter Future
在过去的20年里，我们帮助塑造了以共享为中心的文化，增加了对有价值的信息、历史图片、科学文章、教育资源、文化文物等的获取。
Now we’re looking forward to putting the tools to accessing, using, and resharing content in the hands of everyone, everywhere.We know that greater access to information means a stronger global community, more innovation, and increased capacity to solve the challenges the world faces today and in the years to come.
To make this happen, CC has setan ambitious goal to raise $15 million.
These funds will ensure we can continue to build accessible, equitable Open Infrastructure that truly responds to community needs and start new projects in Open GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) and Open Science.
Alongside our community of creators, partners, and users, Creative Commons is grateful for the donors who power our work from all corners of the world.
无论是1美元还是1000美元，你的礼物让我们所做的一切都成为可能。We hope you’ll consider supporting ourBetter Sharingcampaign.
We’ve come a long way since 2001.
When Creative Commons first started, there was no Facebook or Twitter, and Wikipedia was only just getting off the ground. The internet was a newer landscape full of potential, while older institutions like libraries and museums offered a blueprint for how we might open up educational materials, journal articles and more to regular people. We were excited by the prospect of a world where everyone has access to knowledge and creativity and Creative Commons was an opening to start creating that.
Thanks to supporters like you, since those early days, we’ve made a significant impact. Our licenses have been used to openly share nearlytwo billion作品遍布全球，从历史图像到科学数据再到文化制品。Moreover, we’ve steadily built up a global movement ofover 86 countries all united by a belief in the power ofOpen Access.
We still have so much work to do.
As we look toward the next 20 years, we are committed to building a world where everyone, everywhere has access to free and open knowledge. For us, this means doubling down on our efforts to develop clear license and legal tools that are easy to understand and available in many languages; ensure access for all to open information and materials, not only those with privilege; and empower easy to use platforms, where free content can be accessed by anyone regardless of skill level with technology.
It also means we must expand existing efforts likeOpen GLAM(Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), building the tools necessary for these institutions to more openly share their collections, and launch new ventures inOpen Scienceto remove unnecessary barriers to addressing key issues like COVID-19, future public health crises, and the Climate Emergency.
Please join us in our pursuit ofBetter Sharingthat serves the public interest and creates the world the internet promised, one where everyone has access to culture, science, and knowledge.
20 years is a huge milestone, and all of us here at Creative Commons are committed to 20 more.
Here are some ways you can support theBetter Sharingcampaign:
Donate
- Make a donation在我们的20周年纪念页面(考虑成为每月的捐赠者吧!)
- Fundraise for usby creatingyour own campaignon our 20th Anniversary page
- Would you prefer to send a check? See ourDonor FAQ[link needed] for other ways to make a donation.
Share
- Sharewhyyou support the open movement orhowCC has impacted your work on social media, with the hashtags#CCTurns20and/or#BetterSharingand tagging@creativecommons
- Share ourCreative Commons’ Open Minds podcast
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