Microsoft adds licensing tool to Office
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Wednesday launched an add-in that would let people protect their creative works by choosing from within Office any of several copyright licenses offered through the nonprofit group Creative Commons.
The new tool, available through Microsoft Office Online and Creative Commons, would make the licenses available through the File drop-down menu in Word, Excel or PowerPoint. The licenses give content creators a variety of options that enable them to retain copyright ownership, yet permit the work to be copied and distributed with certain restrictions.