Here at [Canonical](https://www.canonical.com/) we are all big fans of the [Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/). For those of you unfamiliar with them, they have created [a set of Free Culture licenses](https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/) that make it [simple for people to release open content](https://creativecommons.org/choose/). They also run a variety of resources to make finding and remixing content simple and empowering.
In the Ubuntu community we have celebrated these freedoms with the [Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase): a competition in which we select free culture content that is included with each Ubuntu release. In addition to this, I am personally a huge fan of the Creative Commons: I have released two albums (The Big Red Recording and the [debut Severed Fifth album](https://www.severedfifth.com/)) and my recent book [The Art of Comunity](https://www.artofcommunityonline.org/get/) under Creative Commons licenses. All of my [blog entries](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/) are similarly licensed.
A little while back Melissa Reader from the Creative Commons emailed me asking if Canonical would be interested in matching donations made to the Creative Commons up to a maximum of $3000 over the period of a week. This means that if you donate $1 to the Creative Commons, Canonical will also provide $1 until the $3000 total has been reached. I am proud that Canonical are able to support this worthy campaign.
Remember, this is going to happen only for **the next week**, so go and [DONATE](https://support.creativecommons.org/donate)!
