The 2nd draft of the new creative commons license (version 4.0) was released on August 1st and is open for public comment.
From the creative commons Web site:
“Since CC’s launch in 2002, it has versioned its core license suite three times, the last (3.0) in early 2007. CC licenses constitute a globally-recognized framework, developed in consultation with legal experts and CC affiliate institutions in over 70 jurisdictions. Over 500 million CC-licensed works have been published so far.”