Openverse
 | |
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Owner | WordPress Foundation[1] |
| URL | openverse |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | JavaScript, Python |
Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content. It was made in the WordPress project.[2][3][4] It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from many sources.[5] The software is licensed under the MIT License.[6]
Openverse can search content among of 600 million items.[3]
History
[change | change source]2010s
[change | change source]In February 2017 Creative Commons announced CC Search, an open source search engine for open content. They released a beta version.[7][8] A stable version of CC Search appeared in April 2019.[9][8]
2020s
[change | change source]In December 2020, after Creative Commons staff changes, CC Search and other projects no longer had enough staff. CC Search and others remained available but development was stopped. CC Search no more accepts new pull requests or made changes.[10][8]
In April-May 2021, Catherine Stihler (Creative Commons) and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Foundation, Automattic Inc.) announced that CC Search join to the WordPress project.[11][12][13] Automattic paid to the Creative Commons for the search engine,[14] hired key members of the CC Search team and sponsor their works to the project as part of Five for the Future commitment,[12][15] which (search engine project) is, at the end of the arrangement, part of a WordPress project, not Automattic.[3] A new name was also introduced, Openverse.[16] Openverse is the successor to CC Search, developed of its code base. It aims to be a wider open content search engine. They will continue development work and expand features.[16] WordPress Foundation owns Openverse trademark and its other intellectual property rights.[17] Starting in December, CC Search users will be redirected to Openverse.[18]
Search engine sources
[change | change source]Openverse searches content from many sources like Wikimedia Commons, Europeana and Flickr.[19][5]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- Episode 8: The Commons of Images – WP Briefing, podcast episode of Openverse
- ↑ "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Openverse | WordPress.org". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Make Openverse – Openverse is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. – WordPress.org". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Handbook – Make Openverse – WordPress.org". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Openverse | WordPress.org". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Openverse, WordPress Git repository". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Announcing the new CC Search, now in Beta". Creative Commons. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "History of Openverse – Make Openverse – WordPress.org". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution". Creative Commons. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Upcoming Changes to the CC Open Source Community". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "CC Search to Join WordPress". Creative Commons. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "CC Search to join WordPress.org". Matt Mullenweg. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Creative Commons Search to Relaunch on WordPress.org". WP Tavern. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "What is Openverse?". The Big Tech Question. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Automattic". Five for the Future. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Welcome to Openverse". WordPress News. 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "Dear Users of CC Search, Welcome to Openverse". Creative Commons. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ "openverse-catalog/openverse_catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts at main · WordPress/openverse-catalog". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
Other websites
[change | change source]
