Creative licensing
Creative Commons has released version 1.0 of their Licensing Project
The purpose of the Creative Commons is to allow creators more flexibility in the rights they grant for using their intellectual property. Among the licenses possible under the Creative Commons are:
Attribution. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give you credit.
Noncommercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing says that he's releasing his new novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, under a Creative Commons license on January 9th, simultaneously with the hardcover release.